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1898 



THE PRINCETON PRESS 

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This record was prepared at the request of the Faculty of Princeton 
University, and published in accordance with the order of the Board of 
Trustees. Every effort has been made to secure accurate information, in 
fact, most of the letters received, have been published verbatim. Some 
alumni have not responded, in spite of repeated attempts to reach them, 
and the list of names does not therefore claim to be complete. Such as it 
is, however, it shows that a goodly number of Princeton men served their 
country in every department, whether on land or sea, and did so with 
credit to themselves and their Alma Mater. 

WILLIAM LIBBEY. 
Princeton, N. J., June, 1899. 



RECORD OF PRINCETON MEN DURING THE 
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898. 



A. A. WooDHULL, M.D., '56, 

Col. and Chief Surgeon, U. S. A. 

I do not regard myself as a positive participant. The 
Surgeon-General did not appear to care to avail himself of me 
notwithstanding my expressed preparation for service, and I 
remained at Denver until about 20th July, when I was sent 
to inspect Camp Thomas (Chickamauga) and then to organize 
and command the Josiah Simpson General Hospital at Fort 
Monroe, Va. 

Dr. Woodhull is now chief surgeon of the 8th Army Corps 
in Manila. 

Calvin DeWitt, M. D., '60, 

Lt. Col.,D.S. G., U. S.A. 

When the war began I was Major and Surgeon U. S. S., 
and on duty as Post Surgeon at the Fort Monroe station. On 
June 29th, 1898, the U. S. A. General Hospital, Fort Monroe, 
Va., was estabhshed and in addition to my post duties I was 
placed in command of it. The hospital was composed almost 
entirely of tents and had 560 beds for patients ; it was dis- 
continued Nov. 27th, 1898, because of the cold weather. 

On December 15th, 1898, I was promoted to Lt. Col. and 
Deputy Surgeon General, U. S. A. 

Edward Field, '61, 

Maj. U. S. Art. 
At the time that the war with Spain began I was Inspec- 
tor of Artillery of the Department of California, but upon the 



departure of General Shafter for Cuba I assumed duties of 
Adjutant-General, and Judge-Advocate, in addition to my 
regular duties, and for nearly a month administered the 
routine afi'airs of the department, in the absence of Brigadier- 
General Merriam, who remained in the Department of 
Columbia to exjiedite the departure of Washington and 
Oregon troops. My work embraced the camping and distri- 
bution of the volunteer troops which were arriving almost 
daily. When General Merriam arrived I continued to act as 
Adjutant-General upon his staff. ^ly duties were still further 
complicated by a detail from the War Department as Acting 
Inspector-General in the absence of General Lawton. Find- 
ing it impossible to combine all these functions, I was 
relieved as Adjutant-General l)y Lieutenant Bennett, of 
General .Merriam's staff. My work as Ins})ector-General has 
been quite arduous, owing to the number of troops present 
and the quantity of arms and stores requiring ins])ection and 
condenniati( )n. I condemned over $70,000 worth of property 
and inspected money accounts to the extent of several mil- 
lions. During this period I have inspected the University of 
California twice, and the posts in the department, including 
the new post of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. I asked the 
Department Commander for an opportunity to go to the 
front, but was told that my services here were indispensable to 
him, owing to previous service in the department and famil- 
iarity with its conditions. 

My son, Robert Field, is First Lieutenant in the Four- 
teenth Infantry, and has been on active service ever since he 
reached INhmila. Coming from special service in Alaska, he 
sailed on the 15th of July for Manila. While in San Francisco 
he was assigned to recruit and command one of the skeleton 
companies, which he formed into one of the finest companies 
in the regiment, quite a large proportion being young men 
from the Universities. The regiment went upon out-post 
duty almost immediately upon their arrival at Manila. He 



participated with much credit in the battles of February 4th 
and 5th, when the insurgents attacked the United States 
troops. A portion of the regiment containing his company- 
was under General Lawton's command during the taking of 
Santa Cruz and other points. He was the only officer with 
his company, and the acting Colonel of the regiment specially 
jDraised his services. 

He has earned the respect of all his superiors, as well as 
the highest regard of those under his command. 

William A. Rafferty, '61, 

Lieut.-Col. Second U. S. Cav. 

Being stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, at the beginning 
of the Spanish war, in command of his squadron of the Sec- . 
ond Cavalry, was ordered to Chickamauga Park, Georgia, with 
the squadron, and arrived at that place April 22nd, 1898, and 
remained there till May 12th, when his regiment was ordered 
to Mobile, Alabama. On June 4th left Mobile by steamers or 
transports for Tampa, Florida, arriving there June 7th, and 
remained on board with men and horses till June 14th, when 
he sailed with the 5th Army Corps, General Shaffer's, for San- 
tiago de Cuba. Disembarked at Daiquiri, Cuba, June 22nd, 
1898, and with his squadron participated in the campaign 
against Santiago and the Spanish army. Remained in Cuba 
till August 28th, when he was ordered to embark with his 
squadron for Montauk Point, Long Island, arriving there Au- 
gust 29th in the U. S. transport Minnewaska. Sick in Cuba 
of fever July 8th to 18th. On leave of absence on account of 
sickness contracted in Cuba, from September 4th to Novem- 
ber 24th, 1898. In Cuba he commanded the only squadron 
that took their horses with them into Cuba. 

N. F. Stahl, '69, 

Chaplain U. S. Vols. 



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Randall P. Hoes, '71, 

Chaplain U. S. N. 

Served in the Iowa at the battle of Santiago. 

WiLLL\M p. Lane, '72, 

Col. 1st. Md. Vol. Inf. 

Monday, April 25th, 1898, went into camp at Pimlico, 
Md., in accordance with orders received on the preceding 
Saturday, from the Governor of the State. May 15, 1898, re- 
signed my commission as Colonel of First Regiment, I. F. N. 
G., in order to accept commission of Lieutenant-Colonel in U. 
S. Volunteer service. And on May 17th was commissioned 
and mustered in as Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the two 
battalions which then formed the 1st Md. U. S. V. Infantry, 
and to which the allotment under the State's quota restricted 
us. We were assigned to the Department of the East, and, 
under orders from those headquarters, proceeded to Fort Mon- 
roe, Va., May 25th, for duty there. Was in command of the 
Post at Fort Monroe from June 27th, when Brigadier-General 
Hasbrouck left to take command of a brigade of volunteers 
in Florida, until September 8th, when we were assigned to the 
Second Army Corps. July 7th I was commissioned Colonel 
of the regiment, which was then filled by the addition of the 
Third Battalion, under the second call of the Piesident. Sep- 
tember 8th, reported with regiment to Major-Gen eral Graham, 
at Camp Meade, Pa., and by him assigned to the First Brigade, 
First Division, Second Army Corps. November 11th, 1898, 
left Camp Meade and went into winter camp at Augusta, Ga., 
and there mustered out of the service on February 28, 1899. 

R. W. Johnson, M. D., '76, 

Capt. and Asst. Surg. U. S. A. 

I was in command of the First Division Hospital, Fifth 
Corps, during and after the battle of Santiago, and remained 



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on duty in that city after the cessation of hostilities, until 
September, 1898, when I was ordered back to the United 
States, where I have since been on duty as Attending Sur- 
geon and examiner of recruits, at Chicago, 111. 

C. H. Hunter, Ex 78, 

Firsl Lieut. 1st Art. 

I left West Point under orders for Cuba, but was not 
relieved from duty at West Point in time to reach Tampa 
soon enough to join General Shaffer's expedition; and I 
remained until Jul}^ 13th as ordnance officer at the Siege 
Artillery camp, when I left with Battery B, Fifth U. S. Artil- 
lery, under orders for Santiago. 

Upon arrival, our destination was changed from Cuba to 
Porto Rico, and we formed part of General Miles' expedition. 

We arrived at Guanica, marched to Ponce, and remained 
near that place until peace was assured. I was then ordered 
back to the Military Academy. 

Phillip H. Fraser, 79, 

71st N. Y. Vol. Inf. 

Enlisted in the 71st Regt. N. Y. N. G., April 28th, 1898. 
Went to Camp Black at Hempstead, May 2nd, 1898. Mus- 
tered into U. S. service for term of the Spanish-American 
war on May 18th. Encamped at Lakeland, Fla., the last of 
May, and at Tampa, Fla. the first week in June. Left Tampa 
aboard U. S. transport No. 23, S. S. Vigilancia, on June 14th. 

Arrived off Santiago harbor, June 29th, and landed at 
Sibony. June 24th. Followed the " Rough Riders " towards 
Las Guasimas, but did not arrive in time for the fight. Broke 
camp at Siboney the 27th, marching to Seville, thence the 
second battalion went to Seville Heights for outpost duty 
until June 30th. We rejoined the regiment on this day at 5 
P. M. On July 1st, at 4 A. M., we started on march towards 
El Poso and San Juan Hill. Marched up latter under fire 



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about noon. Again under fire during Spanish niglit attack, 
July 2-3. In the trenches at San Juan Hill, until July 8th, 
when the investing line of Americans having been extended 
westward, the 71et Regt. was assigned a position on Santiago 
Heights, within a thousand yards of the Spanish intrench- 
ments where we were again under fire on July lltli. Re- 
mained in camp there until August 9th, when the Regt. 
marched into Santiago City and emliarked with the 16th U, 
S. Inf. on U. S. transport " La Grand Duchesse." Left Santi- 
ago August 11th, and arrived at jNIoutauk Point, August 
15th. Landed and went to detention camp, August 17th. 
Transferred to open camp, August 22nd, and given sick leave 
on August 24th. 

Was mustered out of U. S. service at New York on Nov- 
ember 16th, 1898. 

Frank H. Lokd, '79, 
Capt. S. a Vols. 

Was commissioned as Captain and Commissary of Sub- 
sistence of Volunteers, May 12th, 1898 ; accepted his commis- 
sion May 12th, 1898. On June 9th he was assigned to duty 
with the oth Army Corps (General Shatter's) ; was assigned to 
duty at headquarters of the 1st Division (General Kent's) and 
sailed on the transport "Santiago" for Cul)a, June 13th. 

The " Santiago " was one of the three transports which, 
on arriving at Daiquiri, were detailed to make a "diversion " 
off' Santiago, and was one of the three transports, which were 
the only ones, under fire during the war, they being fired 
upon by the Punta Gorda battery while engaged in this ma- 
noeuvre. 

Captain Lord landed at Siboney on June 26th. As the 
1st Division had a Commissary from the regular army, he 
was detached and left as Acting Assistant Depot Commissary 
at Siboney. He oi-ganized a gang of Cubans, and it was his 
duty to land and store the supplies as fast as the transports 
were unloaded. 



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On July 17th and IDth he acted as interpreter (being 
familiar with the Spanish language) inside the Spanish lines 
at Aguadores. The regular Depot Commissary being shortly 
thereafter taken down with yellow fever, and the Chief Com- 
missary having gone to Santiago after the capitulation of the 
city, he was left in sole charge of the depot, and superintended 
on the 23rd of July the shipment of all the army stores, to- 
gether with the post office, to Santiago. 

From July 24th to 31st he was Acting Assistant Depot 
Commissary at Santiago ; and from July 1st to August 24th 
was Acting Chief Commissary of the 1st Division at Camp 
Wikoff, having returned from Santiago on the "St. Paul." 

Immediately after his return North he was taken sick 
with the usual Cuban malarial fever, but he has recovered, 
and expects shortly to be assigned to duty under General 
A\^ood at Santiago. 

For his devotion to duty and activity and energy in send- 
ing forward supplies while at Siboney, he was specially com- 
plimented by his superior officer, Major D. B. Wilson, Chief 
Commissary of Subsistence. 

John McG. Woodbury, M.D., 79, 

Chief Surgeon and Major, U. S. V. 

June 30th received commission as Chief Surgeon with rank 
of Major, U. S. V. Also orders to report to the General com- 
manding Camp George H. Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga. 
July 4th, 1898, reported to Major-General Brooke and was 
assigned by Special Order No. 17, dated Headquarters 1st 
Army Corps and Department of the Gulf, to the 1st Division 
1st Army Corps as Acting Chief Surgeon, and reported to 
Major-General James H. Wilson, commanding. Immedi- 
ately entered upon the duties of Chief Surgeon of the 1st Di- 
vision, 1st Army Corps . 

Headquarters of the 1st Division, Ist Army Corps, Porte 
Ponce, Porto Rico, August 31, 1898. I have the honor to 



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report that I am now on duty as Acting Chief Surgeon 6th 
Army Corps and as Sanitary Inspector the Island of Porto 
Rico, Special Field Order No. 8, dated July 28th, Head- 
quarters of the Anny in the Field, And as Chief Surgeon of 
the Army in the Field by a Special Field Order No. 31, Head- 
quarters of the Army, August 22, 1898. 

I have the honor to report that upon September 1, 1898, 
I was serving in Ponce, Porto Rico, as Acting Chief Surgeon 
of the Arm}^ in the Field in compliance with Special Field 
Order No. 31, part 7, dated Headquarters of the Army, Port 
of Ponce, Porto Rico, August 28, 1898, and continued to serve 
in this capacity until September 15, 1898, when, by command 
of Major-General J. H. Wilson, I sailed for New York on 
transport " Concho," arriving September 23, 1898, and pro- 
ceeded to my home. 

Upon October 18, 1898, I tendered my resignation of my 
commission of Chief Surgeon and Major, U. S. V., and by 
Special Order No. 256, by direction of the President, I was 
honorably discharged from the service of the U. S. to take 
effect December 27, 1898. 

This is a complete record of my official orders, as they show 
I entered upon my duties on June 30th, and served at Camp 
George H. Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga., until July 5th, 
when I was ordered to Charleston, S. C, with the 1st Division 
of the 1st Army Corps. Was there engaged in fitting out and 
equipping transport "Rita," and sailed from Charleston in 
transi)ort " Obdam," July 20. Arrived in Ponce, Porto Rico, 
July 26th, and was immediately made Sanitary Inspector of 
the island. Served in that capacity until August 22d, when 
I succeeded Colonel Charles R. Greenleaf, becoming Acting 
Chief Surgeon of the Army in the Field. Continued in this 
duty until September 15th, when I was returned to the Uni- 
ted States. Forwarded my resignation upon October 18th, 
which was accepted to take effect on December 27th. I re- 
ceived the honor of a recommendation for promotion for dis- 



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tinguished conduct and gallantry in action in the aifair of 
Aibonito and the battle of Coamo, being engaged in removing 
our wounded while under fire. 

Headquarters op the Army, Office of the Chief Sur- 
geon, Port Prince, Porto Rico. 

August 22, 1898. 
To the Adjutant General, Headquarters of the Army : 

Sir: — I have the honor to recommend to the Major 
General commanding, the promotion of Major J. McG. Wood- 
bury, Chief Surgeon, First Division, First Army Corps, to 
the first vacancy that may occur in the grade of Lieutenant 
Colonel and Corps Chief Surgeon. Major Woodbury has 
distinguished himself in this campaign by the ability with 
which he has discharged his duties. He possesses fine ex- 
ecutive ability and excellent professional capacity, and par- 
ticularl}' distinguished himself in an action at Coamo and at 
Asomante by his personal care of the wounded under fire. 
Very Respectfully, 

(Signed) Chas. R. Greenleaf, 

Col. Chief Surgeon Army. 

First Endorsement. 

I heartily concur in the foregoing. Major has fully won 
his promotion, not only by his general and regular service, 
but by his personal gallantry under fire with me and as a 
member of my staff. 

(Signed) James H. Wilson, 

Maj. Gen'l Vols. 
Second Endorsement. 

Approved, 

Cordially endorsed, 

Nelson A. Miles, 
Maj. Gen'l Commanding U. 8. A. 



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n. K. Deverkux, '80, 

Second Lieut., First U. S. V. Cav. 

I enlisted as a trooper in the 1st U. S. V. Cavalry on 
May 5th, 1898. 

Was made a Sergeant on May 11th, 1898. 

Was aijpointed 2d Lieut, of Troop K, on May 21st, 1898. 

Landed in Cuba June 22d, 1898. Was in the battle of 
Guasimas, June 24th, 1898. 

Was wounded in left forearm at the l)attle of Santiago, 
July Ist, 1898. 

Was mustered out of the service Sept. 15th, 1898. 

Alexander B. Duncan, '80, 

Red Cross Advisory Board. 

Sailed on the "Relief" for Cul^a, but were detained at 
Tampa, because of the action of the Spanish authorities, in 
refusing them permission to land— at any Cuban port. After 
the war was over he took part in the relief work of the Red 
Cross in Havana and suffered an attack of sunstroke as the 
result of exposure. 

Stuart Brown, '81, 

Adjt. 5th 111. Vol. Inf. 

When I returned from college in 1881, I became inter- 
ested in the National Guard, and was in 1882 elected an offi- 
cer of Illinois N. G. As my business increased I found it 
necessary to resign my office. 

When there was prospect of a war with Spain I could 
not feel easy at the idea of having been a play soldier in pip- 
ing times of peace and refusing to go when there was dan- 
ger. I offered my services to the Adjutant General of Illinois. 

When war broke out there Avas one vacancy in the Illi- 
nois Guard, the adjutancy of the 5th Illinois Infantry. This 
was tendered to me, and against the remonstrance of m}' wife 



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and friends I accepted it. I was appointed captain and ad- 
jutant 5th Illinois Infantry on April 25th, was mustered into 
the service of the United States witli the same rank on May 
7th, 1898. 

On May 14th we were ordered to Camp Geo. H. Thomas, 
Lytle, Ga., and reached that place on May 16th, 1898. There 
we remained until August 2d, 1898, undergoing the discom- 
forts and labor incident to a camp of instruction and disci- 
pline. August 2d we were ordered to Puerto Rico by way of 
Newport News, Va. At Newport News we awaited the arri- 
val of a transport, and were finally ordered aboard S. S. Ob- 
dam. We loaded all our impedimenta and men, and slept 
one night on the boat, expecting to sail the next morning, 
when we were ordered to go back to camp, as the peace 
protocol had been signed. 

After a few days niore of waiting at Newport News, we 
were sent back to Lexington, Ky., and there heard we would 
be mustered out in a few days. My family and business 
now imperatively demanded my return. On August 21st, 
1898, I resigned. It was accepted on the 25th, and I re- 
turned to my home about a week earlier than my regiment. 

This is the history in brief of my bloodless campaign. 
My wife, I firmly believe, thinks I would have displayed 
more courage by staying at home. My friends speak of my 
"summer vacation." I say nothing, and am not even a 
candidate for office. 

The one consolation I get out of it all is the knowledge 
that I was willing to venture, and this is shared by a million 
others more caj^able than myself, who did not even have an 
opportunity. 

J. Spencer Vookhees, '81, 

Chaplain 3d Conn. Vol. Inf. 

April 25th I was appointed Chaplain of the First Regi- 
ment, Connecticut Volunteers. April 26th I resigned, that 
the former Chaplain might be reinstated. 



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June 24th, Gov. Lorrin A. Cook appointed me Chaplain 
of the Tliird Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, and I re- 
ported for duty at Camp Haven, Conn., on the same day. 

The camp was a delightful i)lace to spend the summer, 
nearly surrounded by the sea. The regiment was given vig- 
orous drills, and put under thorough military discipline, and 
the making of good soldiers from the raw material was a 
rai)id and marvelous success. 

Sept. 9th, by order of the War Department, we were 
transported to Camp Meade, Pa., and brigaded, and belong 
now to the 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Army Corps. Here 
the cold nights brought a great deal of suffering to the sol- 
diers. After four days in Camp Meade I was sent home with 
typhoid fever, and was absent on sick leave for ten weeks. 
Five weeks fever reduced me in weight at the rate of a pound 
and a half a day. During the following five weeks of re- 
cuperation I regained my weight at the rate of a pound a 
day. 

Nov. loth, by order of the War Department, our brigade 
was transported to this camp — Camp Marion, S. C. The 
location is in an extensive pine forest, a sufficient space be- 
ing cleared for the encampment of our brigade. The position 
is an elevated one, surrounded by marshes. The soil is of 
sand and the camp is apparently healthful. Here we are 
looking forward to going to Cuba, being designated for 
Havana. 

It has been a great disappointment to our men not to 
have had an opportunity at the front, still they are patriotic 
enough to be willing to serve our country in the more ar- 
duous and distasteful service now necessary in our new 
territory. 

A. S. BicKiiAM, '82. 

Qiptain and Quartermaster U. S. A. 

Aljout one year ago he received his commission as Cap- 
tain and Quartermaster and reported at Chickamauga about 



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June 1st for duty. He was shifted over the southern ciinii)s 
till about the first of April, when (Jeneral Ludington ordered 
him to Manila. He sailed from San Francisco and touched 
at Honolulu where he posted letters, since then nothing. His 
record was such as to call forth much commendation. His 
health has been superb throughout. His old football days 
stand him in good stead. 

Ogden Rafferty, M.D., '82, 

Brigade Surg, and Maj., U. S. A. 

I was on duty at Willetts Point, N. Y., as an Assistant 
Surgeon in the U. S. Army till June 7th, 1898, when I started 
for Key West, Florida, for duty in the U. S. General Hospital 
that had just been started at that place. On June 8th, 1898, 
I was taken from the train by verbal orders from the Sur- 
geon General, U. S. A., and assigned to duty as Assistant to 
the Chief Surgeon of the 2d Army Corps, at Camp Russell A. 
Alger, Falls Church, Va. 

On June 19th a commission as Major and Brigade Sur- 
geon, U. S. Vol. reached me, and was accepted. 

On June 21st I reported to General H. M. Duffield for 
duty with his command, and left Camp Alger, Va., June 22d, 
for Siboney, Cuba, via Dunn Loring, Alexandria, Ft. Monroe, 
Va., and the U. S. Auxiliary Cruiser Yale. We arrived at 
Siboney, Cuba, on June 26th, and by General Shaffer's order 
reported to the Chief Surgeon of the 5th Army Cori)s for 
duty. On June 28th I was assigned to duty l)y the Chief 
Surgeon as recipient and forwarder of all medical supplies 
landing from the transports. 

On July 2d, 3d and 4th I was on duty in the operating 
ward of the General Hospital at Siboney by the request of 
Major La Garde, Surgeon, U. S. A. 

On July 6th, in accordance with a telephone message, I 
boarded and took charge of the U. S. Transport Cherokee, 



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with 325 wounded men and officers, and landed her at Port 
Tampa, Florida, on July 10th, without the loss of a single 
man. 

Whilt! waiting for the transport to reload with supplies 
and reinforcements at Port Tampa, I was ordered by tele- 
graph to report to the Surgeon General at his oifice in Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

On July 23d, 1898, was ordered to Fort Hamilton, N. Y., 
to receive and take charge of sick from the transport Seneca, 
and afterwards to establish and run a 500 bed tent hospital, 
for the reception of the sick returning from Cuba. Having 
completed this latter work on October 31st, 1898, I was or- 
dered back to my original station, Willetts Point, N. Y. 

J. ^r. T. Finney, M. D., '84, 
Brig. Surg., Md. N. G. 
I am afraid I cannot pose as a war hero. My only con- 
nection with the military was in the capacity of brigade sur- 
geon to the militia of the State of Maryland. I did not get 
further than the cam}) of instruction. 

S. Johnson Poe, '84, 

First Lieut, and Adjt. 5th Regt., Md. U. S. Vol. Inf. 
At the time of the declaration of war against Spain I was 
a 1st Lieut, and Battalion Adjutant of the 3d Battalion, 5th 
Regiment Infantry, Maryland National Guard. On the 25th 
day of April the regiment went into camp at Pimlico, Mary- 
land, and on the 14th day of May, 1898, was mustered into 
the service of the United States, with fifty officers and 935 
enlisted men. I held the position of 1st Lieut, and Regi- 
mental Adjutant of this regiment, which was then called the 
5th Maryland U. S. Volunteers (I. M. N. G.), and on the 19th 
day of May we left PimHco, Md., for Chickamauga, Ga., where 
we arrived on the 21st, and went into camp. The regiment 
was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3d Army Corps. 
We remained in camj) there until the 2d day of June, when 



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we received orders to go to Tampa, Fla., and be ready to em- 
bark for Cul)a from that point. We arrived at Tampa on 
June 5th, and were assigned to 1st Brigade, Provisional Divi- 
sion, 5th Army Corps, but owing to the insufficient number 
of transports did not get off on first ex^jedition to Santiago. 
We remained at Tampa until the 11th (Uiy of August, being 
always under orders to go to the front, receiving orders both 
for the second expedition to Santiago, and also to Porto Rico, 
but for reasons unknown we never were able to embark for 
either place. On the 18th of August we left Tampa for 
Huntsville, Ala., where we arrived on the 20th, and remained 
there until the 5th day of September, when we left for Balti- 
more, arriving there on September 7th, and were given fur- 
loughs for one month, and on the 22d day of October, 1898, 
were mustered out of the service of the United States. While 
in Tampa about the 14th day of June Ave were assigned to the 
2d Brigade, 2d Division, 4th Army Corps. 

William Duffield Bell, M.D., '85, 
S^lrg. and Maj., 71st N. Y. Vol. 

Being a member of the 71st Regiment, National Guard, 
New York, and holding a commission as Captain and Assist- 
ant Surgeon, when the war broke out I immediately volun- 
teered for service with my regiment. On May 2nd, 1898, the 
regiment left New York City for Camp Black, near Hemp- 
stead, N. Y., where on the 4th day of May, 1898, I was mus- 
tered into the service as Major and Surgeon of the regiment 
that was accepted by the government as the 71st Regiment, 
New York Volunteers. I believe I was the first man accepted 
and mustered into the service of the United States from New 
York State. I served with the regiment as Major and Sur- 
geon from the time it was mustered in. May 10th, 1898 (where- 
ever it served— at Camp Black, New York, en route to Lake- 
land, Florida, at Lakeland and Tampa, Florida, and in the 
expedition against Santiago, Cuba). I was with it throughout 



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tlie whole Santiago Campaign, being present with it at the bat- 
tles o£ Las Guasimas, fought with Spanish forces June 24th, 
1898. In camp with it at Siboney and Sevilla, and on the 
morning of July 1st, 1898, marched with it to take part in the 
bloody three days' battle of San Juan Hills. Was present at 
the siege of Santiago and the bombardment of July 10th and 
11th, and witnessed the surrender of the city, July 17th, 1898. 
I served througb the terrible days of the epidemic of yellow 
fever and malarial fevers that followed the surrender, until 
the final return of the regiment to the United States, landing 
at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y., August r.)th, 1898, 
and remained with it until after its triumphal return to New 
York City, when the regiment was furloughed August 29th, 
1898, for sixty days, to be finally mustered out this month, 
November, 1898. 

Charles H. Smith, Ex-'85, 

Sergt. First Troop Phila. Oily Cav. 
Previous to the war he had served in the City Troop for 
six years, and was an active member of that body when the 
war broke out. He enlisted with the Troop and served with 
them in Porto Rico. 

Hkxry H. Thokp, M.D., Ex-'85, 
ht U. S. Vol. Cav. 
Private in "Hough Riders" (Ca.alry). Was with his 
regiment from time of muster in to end of its service at Mon- 
tauk, N. Y., September, 1898. Was present with his regiment 
at battles of Las Guasimas and San Juan, and the bom- 
bardment and siege of Santiago ; was distinguished for gal- 
lantry and recommended for a commission. 

Robert B. Bowie, '86, 

( 'apt. 'Ah Md. Vol. Inf. 
I was Captain of Company A, 5th Md. Regt. U. S. Vol. 



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Inf. Was mustered into the service of the United States May 
14th, 1898. 

May 21st, 1898, was at Chickamauga, assigned to 1st 
Div. 3rd Army Corps; General Brooke. June 5th, 1898, was 
at Tampa, Fla., assigned to Provisional Division, oth Army 
Corps; General Shaffer. We remained at Tampa when Cuba 
was invaded. Our Field and Staff officers' horses came near 
going to Cuba, but we did not. 

The transport " Florida," upon which the horses were, 
collided in getting out of i)ort, and consequently got back to 
Tampa and their owners. 

The regiment left Tampa August 18th, and arrived at 
Huntsville, Ala., August 21st. Assigned to the 2nd Div., 4th 
Army Corps; General Coppinger. 

We left Huntsville September 5th, 1898, ordered to Bal- 
timore to be mustered out, which happened October 22nd, 
1898. 

The 5th Regiment, U. S. Vols., comprised twelve com- 
panies of 106 men each. We left our armory to go into camp 
preparatory to volunteering April 25th, 1898. From April 
25th, 1898, to October 22nd, 1898, we lost twenty-one men, 
eighteen deaths from typhoid fever, one from dysentery and 
two accidental (one drowned, one shot). We were among the 
very first of the National Guard to volunteer, and were sent 
from Chickamauga on the first call for the fight, best equipped 
and prepared for service. Why we never got farther than 
Tampa my superiors can better tell you. 

During the campaign we were in three Army Corps, and 
brigaded with the 14th N. Y., 2nd Mo., 2nd N. Y., 1st Dist. 
Guard, 2nd Ga. and 1st Fla., and 3d Pa. Regiments. 

Charles E. Hays, '86, 

Second Lieut. I8th U. S. Inf. 



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Clinton L. Riggs, '87, 

Maj. oth Md. U. S. Vol. 
1 entered tlie service of the United States Government aa 
Major of tlic 5tli Maryland U. S. Volunteers. This Regiment 
liad previously l)een a part of the INIaryland National Guard, 
in whicli 1 liad held the rank of Major for several years. I 
was with the Regiment until recently mustered out with the 
rest of tlie command. We went from Pimlico to Chicka- 
mauga, thence to Tampa, Florida, and then to Huntsville, 
Ala., and ])ack to Baltimore, were we were mustered out. 

J. R. CiruHCH, M.D., '88, 

Surg, and Maj. 1st U. S. Vol. Cav. 

We take this notice of him from Richard Harding Davis' 
article in the Septemher Scribner^s, entitled "The Rough 
Riders Fight at Guasimas " : 

''A tall, gaunt, young man, with a cross on his arm, was just 
coming back up the trail. His head was bent, and by some 
surgeon's trick he was advancing rapidly with great strides 
and at the same time carrying a wounded man much heavier, 
than himself across the shoulders. As I stepped out of the 
trail he raised his head and smiled and nodded, and left me 
wondering where I had seen him before smiling in the same 
cheering, confident way, and moving in that same position. 
I knew it could not have been under the same conditions, 
and yet he was certainly associated with another time of ex- 
citement and rush and heat, and then I remembered him. 
He had been covered with blood and dirt and perspiration as 
he was now, only then he wore a canvas jacket and the man 
he carried on his shoulders was trying to hold him back 
from a whitewashed line. And I recognized the young doctor 
with the blood bathing his breeches as " Bob " Church, of 
Princeton. That was only one of four badly wounded men 
lie carried on his shoulders that day, over a half mile of trail 
that stretclied from the firing line back to the dressing station, 



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under an unceasing fire. And as the senior surgeon was 
absent he had chief responsibility that day for all the wound- 
ed, and that so few of them died is greatly due to this young 
man who went down into the fighting line and pulled them 
from it, and bore them out of danger." 

In recognition of his valiant conduct in this campaign, 
Dr. Church has been recently promoted to be surgeon, with the 
rank of major. 

Wm. W. Harts, Ex '88, 

Maj. U. S. Vol. and Capt. U. S. Eng. 

In April, 1898, 1 was ordered to Willetts Point, New York 
Harbor, and attached to the Battalion of Engineer troops, 
and under orders to be ready for duty in Cuba with the army 
of invasion. Before orders were received to depart, I waa 
detached and ordered to St. Augustine, Fla., where I reported 
to Colonel Wm. H. H. Benjamin, Corps of Engineers, who 
assigned me to the charge of the defensive operations at 
Jacksonville and Tampa Bay. These operations consisted in 
the construction of batteries for large and medium caliber guns, 
at each locality, and the planting of submarine mines. While 
engaged in this latter work, in the St. John's river, just as 
the work was nearing completion, I was injured, June 10th, 
1898, by the premature explosion of a part of a mine, in 
which accident two men unfortunately lost their lives, almost 
within arm's length. At present I am on sick leave of 
absence, recovering from my wounds received at that time. 

I am now under orders to proceed to Portland, Oregon, 
and assume charge of certain river and harbor works in that 
locality. 

In July, 1898, I was promoted to Major of Volunteers, 
which rank I still hold. My rank in the Regulars is 1st 
Lieut., but I am under orders to be examined for promotion 
to Captaincy in the Regular establishment. 



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Bash. N. Ricketts, Ex '89, 

Se)-g. ht U. S. Vol. Cav. 
Was severely wounded in the great fight of the Rough 
Riders and invalided home. 

J. CoNDiT Smith, Ex '81), 

Vol. Art. 

Enlisted in a l)attery from one of the Western States, 
and saAV service in Cuba and Porto IJico. 

Chaklks G: Bickham, '90. 

Captain Ninth Imniunes. 
lie enlisted as a private in the National Guard the day 
war was declared and went into camp at Columbus, Ohio, 
thence to Tam})a. Their regiment was ordered aboard the 
transport rammed and sunk by the Miami. This only kept 
the boys out of the battle of Santiago. In time he became a 
corporal. In August he was ordered to report at New Or- 
leans. There he found a Captain's commission awaiting him 
and since then he has been Cai)tain of Co. M., Ninth Immunes. 
He started for Santiago August 17th, and remained in camp 
with fever till sent home sick, having lost some forty pounds- 
He returned to his company which came home to Camp 
Meade a few weeks ago, where he now is (May 20, 1899), 
and where he will be mustered out next month. 

J. E. Farnum, '90, 

First Troop Phila. City Cav. 
Was with the City Troop at first, but was afterward given 
an appointment as Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of 
captain. 

Recinald K. Shober, '90, 

I'h-st Troop Phila. City Cav. 
When the war broke out last April I joined the First 
Troo]) Philadelphia City Cavalry. We were called out by 



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the Governor of Pennsylvania on April 28th, and were mobil- 
ized with the State Guard at Mount Gretna, Pa. After 
entering the services of the government we were sent to Camp 
Alger, Falls Church, Va. 

From there we were ordered to Newjjort News, where 
we were in camp a few days before embarking for Porto 
Rico on the transport Massachusetts. Our campaign on the 
island was an extremel}^ interesting experience. The hard- 
ships are fading away as time goes on, and one begins only 
to think of the privilege it was to have been able, even in a 
small way, to have served one's country in such times, and 
to have helped to hold up the proud record of such a distin- 
guished command. 

Alexander Nixon Bodine, Ex-'90, 
Battery A., Pa. Vol. Art. 

This was the first organization from Pennsylvania mus- 
tered into U. S. service, at Mt. Gretna, May 6th, 1898.. 
Mustered out November 19th, 1898, at Philadelphia. 

Served at Sub-Post Fortress Monroe, Newport Ncavs, Va. 

Sailed for Porto Rico Aug. 5th. 

Stationed at Port of Ponce, and a few miles out of Ponce, 
Porto Rico. 

Embarked for America Sept. 3rd. 

Landed at Jersey City Sept. 10th. 

Received a two months' furlough. I was with the Bat- 
tery the entire time. 

Isaac B. Smith, Ex-'90, 

Iowa Vol. Inf. 

He enlisted with an Iowa infantry regiment. Very earlj 
in the war he was appointed a paymaster in the navy, with 
the rank of ensign. He was on one of the smaller boats off 
the Florida coast until hostilities ceased. 



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S. Harbourne Baldwin, M. D., '91, 

Asst. Sur;/. and Fird Lieut. 1st N. J. Vols. 

I have been a member of the First Regmient N. J., since 
February 4, '95, when I was commissioned a First Lieutenant 
and Assistant Surgeon. 

The order calHng our regiment out was issued April 
27th, and on May 2d we left Newark for Sea Girt. 

On the 3d I was mustered into the government service. 
^Major AUers, surgeon of the regiment, was the first volunteer 
from New Jersey to be mustered in, and I the second. This 
was done at once in order that we, as government surgeons, 
could make the physical examinations of the recruits. We 
examined the First, Second and Third Jersey Regiments. 

After remaining at Sea Girt three weeks, the regiment 
was ordered to Camp Alger, Virginia. There we stayed until 
ordered home, although we changed the position of our camp 
three times. During this period orders were received send- 
ing us to the front more than once, but were always counter- 
manded at the last moment. 

Though typhoid fever cut a big path through the army 
of 25,0()0 men, we were very fortunate in losing but eight 
men in the six months' service. In fact, we had the record of 
feeing one of the healthiest regiments, if nut the healthiest, in 
that camp. 

When hostilities ceased. Governor Voorhees exerted him- 
self to secure the mustering out of the Jersey boys, and con- 
sequently we were expecting orders to move home any day. 

Instead we were ordered to Middletown. All our bag- 
gage was on the cars, in fact, everything excepting ourselves, 
when the Governor drove into our little deserted village. He 
was surprised, as he had been at the War Department all the 
previous day, and they had assured him that no Jersey regi- 
ment would be moved for three days, and had also promised 
liim that he could name any one Jersey regiment for mus- 
ter out. 



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But the Governor was equal to the occasion, and imme- 
diately telegraphed to Washington that he named the First 
New Jersey for muster out. Orders were changed hy tele- 
graph, and the same cars that were to take us to Middletown 
brought us to Sea Girt. 

We were mustered out November 4th. 

Erskine Hewitt, '91, 

Staff Office!-, Porto Rico. 

H. Page, Jr., '91, 

Surgeon, U. S. A., Manila. 

George H. Shields, Jr., '91, 

Second Lieut. 12th U. S. Inf. 

Prior to the Spanish-American War I was a member of 
Light Battery " A," National Guard of Mo. At the first call 
for volunteers this organization volunteered in a body, and I 
was mustered into the service of the United States as a Cor- 
poral. 

After spending two weeks at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., the 
Battery was ordered to Chickamauga Park, Ga., where two 
months were spent in camp and field mana?uvres. Then the 
Battery was assigned to the Artillery Battalion under Maj. 
Geo. B. Rodney, and was ordered to form a part of the Puerto 
Rican expedition under Gen. Brooke. 

The voyage to Puerto Rico was comparatively uneventful 
and the Battery was landed at Arroyo, on the southern coast, 
and remained on the Island about five weeks, but was not in 
any engagement. On one occasion, however, we were in posi- 
tion, had our guns loaded and were awaiting the command 
to fire, when a courier brought the news of the signing of the 
Protocol. 

While in Puerto Rico I was examined for a Commission 
in the Regular Army and passed successfully, and on my re- 
turn to the United States received my commission and was 
assigned to the 12th Infantry. 



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C. E. Babcock, Ex^-'Ql, 

Second Lieut. 12lh U. S. Inf. 

I enlisted May 13th, at San Antonio, Texas, as a private 
in the First U. S. V. Cavalry (or better known as Roosevelt's 
Rough Riders). I served in this capacity until September 
1st, when I received promotion as Second Lieutenant in the 
Twelfth U. S. Infantry. My record as a soldier I herewith 
copy from my discharge paper, as follows: 

" Campbell E. Babcock, private of Troop K, is hereby 
discharged from -the service of the United States, by reason of 
his appointment as second lieutenant in the Twelfth U. S. 
Infantr\'. In battles, engagements, skirmishes and expedi- 
tions ; Las Guasimas, San Juan Hill, engagements and skir- 
mishes before Santiago; first expedition to Cuba. Service: 
honorable and trustw^orthy ; was attached to rapid fire gun 
detachment, and saw severe service in the trenches. Was 
attached to regimental hospital (after the fall of Santiago). 
Released from service in hospital ui)on landing in United 
States. 

" (Signed) Woodhury Kane, Capt.''^ 

" Behaved with marked gallantry in action on two or 
three occasions while under my personal observation. 
" (Signed) Theodore Roosevelt, 

" Col. 1st U. S. V. Cnvalnj.'' 

My regiment is now stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, 
where I expect to join them as soon as I recover from fever 
contracted in Cuba. 

By order of my commander, Col. Humphreys, I was 
placed in command of Company E, owing to the fact that my 
superior officers were wounded and killed in Cuba. 

Walter S. Cash, Ex-'91, 

First U. S. Vol. Cav. 
Was a member of Troop K of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, 
and was wounded July 1st, at the battle of San Juan Hill. 



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Clarence A. McWilliams, M. D., '1)2. 

First Lieut, and Acting Asst. Surg. 
I served from August 10th to October 11th, 1898, on the 
U. S. A. hospital ship '' ReHef " in the capacity of Acting As- 
sistant Surgeon, with the rank of First Lieutenant. During 
this time we made trips between Porto Rico and the northern 
ports in the United States, conveying the sick from Porto 
Rico. We also acted as an ambulance ship to convey the 
sick from Montauk Point to Boston and Philadelphia at the 
time when the authorities were hurrying the sick away from 
Montauk as fast as possible. 

Peter Vredenburgh, '92, 

Capt. 3d N. J. Vol. Inf. 

My record in the Spanish War begins with the President's 
first call for troops, being at the time a Captain in the New 
Jersey National Guard, and practicing law in Jersey City. 

From Sea Girt we were sent to Fort Hancock, on Sandy 
Hook, and some (one Bat.) to Fort Wadsworth, in New York 
Harbor. Towards the close of the War the Regt. was sta- 
tioned at the Pompton Powder Works. About November 1st 
we were sent here (Athens, Ga.), and are expecting orders 
daily to go to Savannah, and thence to one of two places, 
Mariel, a sea port about fifteen miles from the city of Havana, 
or Pinar del Rio, on the western part of the Island of Cuba, 
in the province by that name. 

During my life in the army I have been acting in the 
capacity of Major, holding, however, my rank as Captain and 
acting as Judge Advocate of the General Court Martial, not 
having as yet been relieved. 

William V. Johnson, Ex.-'92, 

First Lieut. 13th Pa. Vol. Inf. 

On April 25th, 1898, my Regiment, the 13th Pa., from 
Scranton, Pa., was ordered to Mt. Gretna. I had been in 



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that Regiment for over five years and held the i)Osition of 4th 
Sergeant at the time. After all the boys had been given a 
chance to enlist into the service and were put through the 
physical examinations, in all of which I managed to make a 
fair showing, I found myself promoted to 1st Lieut, in Co. A, 
13th Pa. Vol. Inf. 

When we had filled up our company to the required 
seventy-five men, and had the recruits in some sort of shape, 
we were ordered to Falls Church, Va., about the middle of 
May, where we remained until August 1st, pitching camp 
then at Dunn Loring, Va., which was about three miles away 
and nearer the Southern Railroad's line. This whole camp- 
ing in Va. went under the name of " Camp Alger." On the 
last day of August we started back for the " Old Keystone 
State," where, at "Camp Meade," three miles from Middletown 
and about twice that distance from Harrisburg, Pa., we halted 
for a few weeks. 

After having been there a])out three weeks, I was taken 
quite sick with typhoid fever and was confined to the Harris- 
burg City Hospital for nearly nine weeks, or from September 
23rd to November 22nd, 1898. 

While there my regiment left for Camp McKenzie, at 
Augusta, Ga., al^out the first week in November. 

J. BuENT Palmer, M. D., '93, 

Surg, and Maj. 1st Ky. Vol. Inf. 

My regiment, the 1st Ky. Vol. Infantry, has been on duty 
here in Porto Rico, nearly four months, and while I will 
gladly furnish any information you have been good enough 
to request concerning my service in the army I can hardly 
enter into detail as to my doings and different detached ser- 
vices while on the island, as most of them have been done 
\mder verl)al orders, and the scarcity of surgeons here when 
we first arrived was the cause of my being sent to many 
places of which I have no record. 



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I was mustered into the Volunteer service as Major-Sur- 
geon of the 1st Kentucky Vokuiteer Infantry, May 11, '98, 
and after a month spent at Lexington, Ky., examining 
recruits, proceeded to Chickamauga, Ga., with my regiment, 
where we went into camp. The first man I saw, whose face 
was familiar, and who immediately accosted me — calling me 
by name, was George Shields, Princeton, '91, then a Corporal 
in Battery A, of St. Louis, Mo. Their camp was just opposite 
ours and I learned from him that Guy and Tom Warren,. 
Princeton, '95, were both memliers of the same battery. Need- 
less to say we had many a pleasant talk during our two 
months encampment there, about college days. 

I had been at Chickamauga only ten days when I received 
an order, dated June 21, to report to the Reserve Ambulance 
Company for duty. I served there for thirteen days and was 
then put in charge of the 1st Division Ambulance Company, 
1st Army Corps. This position I held until July 26, when I 
was ordered to report to my regiment for duty at Newport 
News, to embark for Porto Rico. 

We sailed Aug. 9th, on Transport Alamo, as 1st Regi- 
ment of 3rd Brigade, Gen. Grant commanding. Upon land- 
ing at Ponce, Porto Rico the Brigade Surgeon of our Brigade 
was put in charge of the U. S. General Hospital here and I 
succeeded him as Brigade Surgeon, 3rd Brigade, 1st Array 
Corps. 

August 24th I was ordered to proceed to Guayama to 
deliver hospital supplies to Maj.-Gen. Brooke's command 
and proceeded across the island about 45 miles to do so. On 
the way over we met a Philadelphia troop of Cavalry return- 
ing to Ponce, and I saw Rex Shober, Princeton '90, and other 
men whom I knew and whom I saw in the troop. 

On my return to Ponce I learned that Gen. Grant had 
been put in command of the 2nd Brigade and that I had 
been again ordered back to my regiment, as regimental 
surgeon. 



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Sept. 23rd I received an order to Coamo ; where the 16th 
Pa. and the 3rd Wisconsin regiments were and where they 
had their battle with the Spaniards, to act as Brigade Sur- 
geon of the 1st Brigade, Gen. Ernst commanding, and was 
then put in charge of the Division Field Hospital, at that 
place, where more than loOO patients were healed and which 
was the largest hospital on the island. Oct. 25th I was 
relieved from duty at Coamo and ordered back to my regi- 
ment at Ponce. 



Edward Yeomans Thorp, Ex-'9o, 
Cor J). 71st N. Y. Vol. 

He was born in Orange, N. J., in 1870. He prepared for 
Prmceton at Sedgwick Institute, Great Barrington, Mass., 
and at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. He entered Princeton 
with the Class of '93 on the 7th day of Sept., 1889. Owing 
to certain changes in his business prospects, he found it 
expedient to leave the Class before graduation and embarked 
in the advertising and publishing business in New^ York City, 
in which vocation he was engaged until the 29thof April, 1898, 
when he enlisted as a private in Company B, of the 71st 
Volunteer Regiment of New York City. He was with the 
regiment at Camp Black, L. I., and from thence went to 
Tam])a and Cuba. He was in every one of the engagements 
wliich his regiment had with the Spaniards on the 1st and 
2nd of July. He was fortunate enough to escape with- 
out wounds, but contracted the fever while lying in the 
trenches and was sent with his company from Cuba to Mon- 
tauk. After the regiment left Montauk he had a relapse and 
was taken to St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, and died 
there, of typht)id malaria, on Sept. 3rd. He was laid to rest 
at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N. J., the place of his birth. 

His record as a soldier was a most enviable one, as will 
be seen by the following extracts taken from letters written 
by his Capt. and 1st Lieut, after his death: 



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€apt. Hazen writes : " I was associated with Mr. Thorp 
closely for some months and came to know him well. Always 
the same even temperament, performing his dnties cheerfully, 
never complaining under the most trying circumstances, he 
was one of the most beautiful characters I ever met." 

Lieut. Beerstian writes: *'I feel his loss very deeply, 
as I had learned to think of him as one of my best friends 
in the company. He was a fine soldier throughout our whole 
hard campaign, and w^as ever ready to help the sick and 
weak. . We have every reason to be proud of him. He did 
everything that any one could do for his country." 



G. L. Farnum, '94, 

First Troop, Phila. City Cav. 

Walter E. Gunster, '94, 

Second Lieut. 13th Pa. Vol. In). 

My individual record is brief, for my regiment has not 
been out of this country. We left Scranton on April 27th, in 
response to the Governor's call. Camped at Mt. Gretna, Pa. 
Were mustered into the service of the United States May 13, 
1898. Left Camp Hastings, Mt. Gretna, Pa., May 19th, for 
Camp Alger, Va. Moved to Dunn Loring, Va., July 19th, and 
to Camp Meade, Harrisburg, Pa., September 1st. On Novem- 
ber 14th we left Camp Meade and established in Augusta, 
November 16, 1898. 

I joined the National Guard of Pennsylvania, March 31, 
1895, as private in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment. Was 
appointed corporal, same company, June 10, 1897. Left 
Scranton for Mt. Gretna, April 27, 1898. Received commis- 
sion as Second Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant, May 5, 
1898. Appointed Acting Regimental Quartermaster, Com- 
missary and Ordnance Officer, September 20, 1898. 



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Alexander D. Jenney, '94, 

First Lieut. 203rd N. Y. Vol. Ivf. 

Joined the 203rd N. Y., in which I was 2nd Lieut, of Co. 
A. It Avas a second call regiment, that saw service in four 
camps, with the highest percentage of sick of any regiment 
in the service. 

Was detailed at Camp Black in charge of a company of 
recruits for the 71st reg. They were disgruntled because 
they could not get to their regiment. In all there were three 
companies of them. They were so insubordinate that they 
were all put under arrest and their arms taken away just 
before the return of the 71st to Montauk Point, and their 
joining them there. I was in command three weeks, and in 
regard to myself must say that my company was all rights 
but was put in arrest because they were in bad company. 

Was placed in charge of our regimental exchange, which 
was discontinued at Greenville, S. C, where the regiment 
now is, because of the dispensary laws of S. C. 

On Oct. 10th I was made a 1st Lieut, in the same regi- 
ment. On Dec. 8th my resignation was accepted. 

John A. Murray, '94, ' 

JSth Pa. Vol. Inf. 

R. Kay Portser, '94, 

10th Pa. Vol Inf. 

Enlisted for three years, in the N. G. Pa., May, 1897. 

Ordered to Camp Hastings, Mt. Gretna, Pa., April 27, 
1898. 

Mustered into United States service, for two years, May 
12, 1898. 

Moved from Camp Hastings to Camp Merritt, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal., INIay 18, 1898. 

Sailed from San Francisco, on board the " Zealandia," 
June 15, 1898. 



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Arrived at Honolulu, anchored twenty-four hours, June 
23, 1898. 

Arrived at Manila (Camp Dewey), P. 1., July 17, 1898. 

Engaged in the battle of Malate, on the night of July 
31-August 1, 1898, and capture of Manila, August 10, 1898. 

Francis G. Ri(;gs, '94, 

First Lieut. 5th Md., To/. Inf. 

When the war broke out I was travelling with my 
brother in Europe; and, being a member of the National 
Guard here, and hearing that my regiment had volunteered 
and been accepted, I hurried home to join them. But found 
on arriving here that the Fifth Maryland, to which I be- 
longed, had been ordered to Chickamauga, so I went on there 
and joined them, as First Lieutenant of Company F. We 
were camped at Chickamauga Park for about a week, when 
we were ordered to Tampa, to report to Gen. Shaffer. 

We reached Tampa early in June, and when the first 
expedition to Santiago was sent, it was found that there was 
no room on the transports for our regiment, so we were left, 
presumably to follow^ later. We were later on, ordered 
to Huntsville, Ala., where we spent two weeks, and were 
then ordered home, and after a month's leave of absence we 
were mustered out of service. 

Henry G. Riogs, 94, 

Bat. Adj. 5th Md. Vol. Inf. 

Before the late war I was a member of the National Guard 
in the State of Maryland, but was abroad traveling. When 
the war broke out the 5th Regiment, to which I belonged, 
voluntered its services to the Government and was accepted, 
and was mustered into the service on the 14th day of May. 

I hurried home from abroad and joined the Regiment, 
which was knowai as the Fifth Maryland Infantry, U. S. Vols.^ 
at Chickamauga Park on May 28th., and assumed the position 



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of Adjutant of the First Battalion. We remained at Chieka- 
mauga about ten days when we were ordered to Tampa, which 
place we reached the first part of June. We remained at 
Tampa until the latter part of August, when we were ordered 
to Huntsville, Ala. We remained there about two weeks 
and were then ordered home, and were finally mustered out 
of the United States service on October 22nd. 

Richard Hatton, Ex'l)4. 

P. A. Paymaster, U. S. N. 

Just before war was declared, I was serving in the U. S. S. 
Bancroft, then attached to the European s(]uadron. We were 
ordered home shortly after the " Maine disaster." When we 
reached Boston 1 was ordered to join the Panther, fitting out 
at New York to transport the first battalion of marines to 
Cuba. We sailed from New York on April 19th for Key 
West. The battalion was landed at Key West, and the 
Panther was for two weeks attached to Commodore Watson's 
squadron, cruising on the north coast of Cuba, on the lookout 
for the Spanish fleet. 

During this time I acted as signal officer, and commanded 
the rifle division in addition to my other duties. 

Tiie Panther returned to Key West, rc-embarked the 
marines, and proceeded to Guantanamo, Cuba, where they 
landed and held the hill and ca])le station. During the 
action at this jtlaec, I landed with twenty-five blue jackets 
who had volunteered to relieve the exhausted marines in the 
trenches. 

Later I was ordered to the U. S. S. Terror, and joined her 
at Key West, on July 2d. We spent two weeks on the 
Havana blockade, and then proceeded to Guanica, Porto 
Rico, to assist in landing Gen. Miles' army. We were em- 
l)loyed on this duty at Guanica, and Ponce, until the signing 
of the protocol, when we were ordered to Norfolk and went 
out of commission. 



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F. Leonard Kellogg, Ex'94, 

Gunner\s Mate U. S. S. Yankee. 

As a member of the Ist Naval Battalion N. Y. T received 
orders on Ai)ril 26th to report on board the U. S. S. '' New 
Hampshire " and a few days after was enlisted as a gunner's 
mate, 3rd class, in the U. S. Nav}' and detailed to serve on 
board the U. S. cruiser ''Yankee" I was honorably dis- 
charged with the same rating on Sept. 2nd following. The 
greater part of the int(;rvening time was spent in ^^'est Indian 
waters, touching at ports in the islands of Cuba, Hayti, Porto 
Rico, Jamaica, Isle of Pines, etc. We were under fire a num- 
ber of times (5) and but one man wounded by the enemy 
It was during this engagement tliat we Avere successful in 
sinking a gunboat at Cienfuegos. A number of blockade 
runners were also captured off the Isle of Pines, which had 
been supplying Havana with food and information from the 
outside world. 

The " Marblehead " and " Yankee " prepared the way 
for landing the marines at Guantanamo, the first body, of 
American troops to land in the island of Cuba after the out- 
break of the war, I believe. This was the establishment of 
Fort McCalley. 

Thomas Ridgway, Ex'94, 

Ist Troo}:) Phila. City Car. 

For some years I had been a member of the First Troop 
Philadelphia City Cavalry, and it was decided by us to offer 
the services of that body to the government of the United 
States, it having served in every war this country has waged. 

Our services were accei^ted, and on May 7th, 1898, we 
were mustered into the Army of U. S. Volunteers at Mt 
Gretna, Pa. From there we went to Camp Alger, Virginia, on 
July 7th, and were there until July 24th, when we were 
ordered to Newport to embark for Porto Rico. On July 28th 
we sailed on the U. S. Transport, " Massachusetts." 



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We disembarked at Playa, Porto Rico, on August 3rd, 
and were on tlie island until Sept. 3rd, when we left on U. S. 
Mississipi)i, arriving at N. Y. Sept. 10th. I was mustered out 
November 10th. 

While at Porto Rico with the H. Troop, 6th Cavalry, we 
were assigned to General Brooke, and guarded a wagon train 
and nniles on the march from Ponce to Guayama where Gen- 
eral Brooke was, and where we remained until ordered to 
return to Ponce after the peace protocol was signed. 

Paul Griswoi.d Huston, '95. 
1st Ohio Vol. Inf. 

Enlisted as a private in the First Ohio Volunteer Infan- 
try, at Cincinnati, on Tuesday, June 22nd, 1898, and was 
assigned to Company A. 

In camp at Port Tampa City, Florida, from .lune 26 to 
July 17. Taken with typhoid fever on July 17, in Reginald 
Hospital ten days, then sent northward to Fort Monroe in 
the Hospital Train. Taken from Fort Monroe on August 
3, on a thirty days' sick furlough, which was later extended 
to 60 days. Honorably discharged at Cincinnati, on Tues- 
day, October 24, 1898. The First Ohio was in camp at Col- 
umbus, Chickamauga, Port Tampa City, Fernandina and 
Jacksonville, in General Lee's Corps, whence it was sum- 
moned home and orders issued for its discharge. At one 
time the regiment was on board the transports under Gen- 
eral Shafter, but later it seemed best to take more artillery 
and the regiment was ordered to disembark, recruit up to its 
full quota and wait for further orders. It was considered to 
be one of the best regiments in the volunteer service, but the 
men, after the need of fighting was over, wished to return to 
civil life, and this desire was granted them. 

CiiAKi.Ks B. Lewis, '95, 

First Troop, Phila. Oity Qiv. 
I have been a member of the First Troop Philadelphia 
City Cavalry for the past two years, but on account of a severe 



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accident last spring was nnablo to volunteer witli tlieni when 
they were mustered into the United States service. 

I was finally able to volunteer my services on July 28th, 
1898, and was mustered into the United States Volunteer 
Service, and on that day we sailed for Pt)rto Rico on the 
transport " Massachusetts ", landing thereon August 3rd, 1898> 
at Playa del Ponce, down there we escorted General Brooke's 
a,mmunition and provision team from Ponce to Arroyo, and 
on August loth, 1898, were drawn uj) in line of battle when 
Lieutenant McLaughlin delivered the President's message 
saying that the Protocol had been signed and hostilities were 
to cease — as the opening gun was about to be fired. 

We sailed from Playa del Ponce on the transport " Mis- 
sissippi," for New York on September 3rd, 1898, and arrived 
in Jersey City on September 10th, 1898 — proceeding thence 
to Philadelphia, when we were given sixty days furlough and 
were finally mustered out of the United Volunteer Service on 
November 21st, 1898. 

The general health of the troops was good, and the food 
as good as could be expected under circumstances, but 
naturally became monotonous to those unused to camp life. 

J. Walker Lord, '95, 

First Troop, Phila. City Cav. 

Your request for an account of my service in the recent 
war came while I was sick with typhoid fever ; otherwise it 
would not have remained so long unanswered. 

I was in the United States service from July 22nd to 
November 21st, serving as private in the First Troop, Phila- 
delphia City Troop, on its Porto Rican campaign, which 
began on July 26th and ended September 10th. 

Edward Munn, '95, 

D Troop, 1st Vol. Cav. 
My " record " in our late war was merely the counter- 
part of hundreds of others who got no further than a poorly 
equipped camp in Florida. 



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I was unfortunate in not being drawn as one of the 
members of Scjuadron A, N. G. N. Y., when they decided by- 
lot who should compose Troo]) A, which finally went to 
Porto Rico. 

Tlicrefore T went to Tampa and was enlisted on June 
17th in "■ Roosevelt's Rou<:li Riders," or, more properly, the 
First Volunteer Cavalry. 

Tlie troop I was assigned to had ah'eady gone, leaving a 
small sc|uad to care for the horses. I took that glorious part 
in the war, and came North with the others of my regiment 
who remained in Tampa, arriving in Jersey City on August 
11th. I was immediately sent home, and remained until 
October 15th or thereabouts, in bed with typhoid fever. A 
few days later I got over to New York, was paid off and mus- 
tered out of the service. 

Should Col. Roosevelt ever want his old command to get 
together, very few indeed, even of those who merely saw the 
war by proxy, would fail him. 

Certainly I should be proud to serve under him again, 
but would see that I got there earlier, and in time for the 
show, wlicther law examinations were about due or not. 

COUUTLAM) NiXOX, '1)5, 

Fird Lieut. 1st U. S. Inf. 

June 22nd, 1898,1 was fortunate enough to receive orders 
to appear ])efore an examining board in New York City. I 
was examined June 8()th to July 5th, 1898. On the 28th of 
July I received and accepted my commission as Second 
lieutenant of Infantry, and was ordered to report for duty at 
Atlanta, Ga., which I did August 3rd', and was assigned to 
duty with recruits for the 1st U. S. Infantry. My commis- 
sion was dated back to rank from July 9th, 1898. 

We remained in Fort McPherson (suburb of Atlanta) 
until Aug. 14th, when we changed to Newman, Ga., forty 
miles south. 



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On the 9th of September we were ordered to Camp- 
Wikoff, Long Island, N. Y., to join the 1st Reg. of Infantry,, 
which had just returned from active service in Cuba. In 
one week after arrival at Montauk, L. I., the 1st Inf. was 
ordered to Anniston, Ala., where we remained until Oct. 30th. 

The regiment has twice prepared to return to Cuba within 
the last two months. 

I might add that, owing to so many officers being on 
sick leave, I have commanded Company B of this regiment 
since Sept. 18th, 1898. 

This is an uneventful and uninteresting record, but I 
joined too late to see active service. 

Thomas H. Pierson, C.E., '95, 
Trooi> A, N. Y. Vol. Cal. 

Philip G. Walker, '95. 

First Lieut. 1st W. Va. Vol. Inf., and A. D. C. 

The West Virginia National Guard was called out on the 
26th day of April last, of which organization I was a mem- 
ber, and held a commission as 1st Lieutenant in the same. 
Our two regiments Avere consolidated into one, and, being a 
junior officer in the National Guard, I did not receive a com- 
mission in the new regiment. I enlisted as a private in Com- 
pany B, First Virginia Volunteer Infantry, on the 29th day of 
April. On the 2nd of May I was api)ointed by the Colonel,, 
sergeant major of the regiment, and on the 12th day of May, 
there being a vacancy, I was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant 
and assigned to Co. E. 

While encamped at Chickamauga Park I served in 
various capacities, as battalion and regimental adjutant, and 
was, for quite a while, in command of Company E. 

On the 26th day of September, at Camp Poland, Knox- 
ville, Tenn., I was detailed as judge advocate of a general 
court martial of the Second Brigade, Second division, 1st 



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Army Corps, in which capacity I served for about two 
months. 

On the lOtii day of December, at Cam]:) Conrad, Colum- 
bus, Ca., I was detailed as aide-de-camp on the staff of 
Brigadier General John A. Wiley, at that time in command 
of the First Brigade, Second division, 1st Army Corps. 

On the 6th day of January, 1899, I was commissioned as 
1st Lieutenant, which is my present rank. Since I have been 
on the staff of General Wiley I have acted as assistant adju- 
tant general of the 1st Brigade a large part of the time, and 
am at present acting as assistant adjutant general of the 2nd 
division, Major Scott being confined to his room by illness. 
General Wiley assumed command of this division the latter 
j)art of December, and since then I have been on the division 
staff. 

Francis Nfooll Zabhiskie, '95, 
22nd N. Y. Vol. Inf. 

In May I joined Company A, of the 22nd New York 
Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was then at Camp Black, 
at Hempstead. I served as a private. The 22nd was ordered 
in June, to garrison the three forts at the mouth of Long 
Island Sound— Fort Slocum, Willetts Point and Fort Schuyler. 

The battalion to which I belonged was at Fort Schuyler. 
In September the regiment assembled at Fort Slocum, on 
David's Island, where it remained until the twenty-third of 
November, when it was mustered out of the United States 
service. 

Jamks F. Dalk, Ex '95, 
Sixth U. S. Cav. 

Enlisted as private in the Sixtli U. S. Cavalry, May 11th, 
1898. Joined regiment at Tamjja, Fla., May 14th, being 
assigned to Troop I. Was honorably discharged October 
31st, 1898, having participated in no battles, sieges or engage- 



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ments, or otherwise gained distinction. While in the south 
was taken with typhoid and malarial fevers, nec(!ssitating a 
two months' stay in the field hospital at West Tampa, and 
in the U. S. General Hospital at Fort Monroe, Va. 

Henry S. Godfrey, Ex'95, 

First Troop Phila. City Cav. 

I volunteered as a private on April 28th, 1898, and was 
mustered into the United States Volunteer service on May 
8th, at Mt. Gretna, Pa., where we stayed, getting our horses 
and equipments, until June 20th, when we went to Camp 
Alger, Va. 

We left there about July 2()th, and went to Newport 
News, at which place we took the transport Massachussetts 
for Porto Rico, on July 28th. The boat was very crowded 
and we had a most uncomfortable voyage. After a five days 
trip we arrived off Ponce, and were ordered to join General 
Brooke. On account of being delayed by the steamer run- 
ning aground, we did not march up the coast with him, but 
about a week later acted as escort to his hospital and Signal 
Corps as far as Guayama, on the southern coast. The nearest 
point to active service was here, when the U. S. troops were 
to attack Aibonito on August r2th, ])ut they were stopped by 
the peace protocol. 

We left there about the 20th of August, marched 
back to Ponce, where we stayed about a week, and sailed 
home on the transport Mississippi, arriving in New York, Sep- 
tember 10th. After two months furlough we were mustered 
out Nov. 17th, 1898. 

Franklin Blake Morse, Ex'95, 

Troop A, N. Y. Vol Cav. 

I served with Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry, 
throughout the Porto Rican campaign, as a private. 



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Jous V. PoK, Jr., Ex'Oo, 

Sen/t. 'jth Mil Vol. Inf. 

I was mustered into the service of the United States 
\'(>hinteers May ]4th, having been in the State encampment 
three weeks. I had been in the militia for three years and 
three months Itefore war was declared. I was with the 5th 
Maryland Volunteers. We were at Chickamauga from May 
22nd to June 2nd., on which day we were ordered to Tampa, 
at Avhicli place we arrived June 5th, and remained there until 
August 18th, when he left for Huntsville, Ala., staying there 
until Sept. 5th, at which time we were ordered to Baltimore, 
given thirty days furlough and mustered out a few days after 
the thirty days furlough had expired, the day we were mus- 
tered out being Oct. 22nd. I was 5th Sergeant, F Company. 
The 5th Maryland was an Infantry regiment. 

Thomas Seidell, Ex '95. 

Troop A, N. Y. Vol. Cav. 

I was connected with the 1st New York \o\. Cavalry, 
private, Troop A. 

I was enlisted al)Out June 1st and encamped at Camp 
Alger, Va. I went with my troop with General Brooke's first 
expedition to Porto Rico, l)Ut saw no fighting. 

We were ordered home in the early part of September. 
I was in good healtli during the entire campaign. 

Richard Stockton, Ex'95. 

Corp. (Jth Pa. Vol. Inf. 
He enlisted the last of April and was mustered into the 
II. S. service at Mt. Gretna, Pa., on the 11th of May, as a 
private in Co. ('. 6th Pa. Vol. He was soon moved to Camp 
Alger, Falls Church, Va., where he spent most of the sum- 
mer. From there he was moved to Camji INIeade, Pa., where 
he received a thirty days' furlough, at the end of which he- 
was nmstered out, as corporal, on the 17th of October. 



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Guy S. Warren, Ex'95. 

Light Battery A, Mo. Vol. 

We were called into service April "26th. Capt. Runil)ol(l 
received his notice at noon that day, and two hours later all 
his men were in camp. On May 4th we encamped at Jeffer- 
son Barracks, where we remained until May 16th, when we 
left for Camp George H. Thomas, at Chickamauga, arriving 
there on the 18th. July 23rd we marched to Rossville, Ga., 
where we took a special train for Newport News, Virginia. 
Arrived there two days later, and left Newport News on the 
United States transi)ort Roumania, July 27th. 

August 3rd the vessel went on the rocks at Guanica, 
Porto Rico, where it remained for about nine hours before it 
was gotten off. The next day it sailed for Ponce Playa, 
where we were ordered to disembark, but after making prep- 
arations for unloading, we received orders from Gen. Miles 
to proceed to Arro3^o and there diseml)ark, as Gen. Brooke 
was very much in need of artillery. We landed under the 
protection of the guns from the cruisers Cincinnati and Glou- 
cester on August 4th. The Battery went into camp about 
a mile and a half from Arroyo, and remained there until the 
13th, when camp was broken and we marched to Guayama, 
where we at once took a position in the second line of battle 
ready to attack the Spanish works at that point. 

The batteries were in position, the guns were loaded, and 
the men waiting the order to " begin firing," when the mes- 
sage from Washington was received, notifying us to cease 
hostilities, peace had come. 

August 28th the Battery left Guayama and started on the 
return trip to Ponce. That night we bivouacked at the Haci- 
enda Carmen, after a march of twenty-seven miles through 
rain and mud. We made 47 miles in one and a half days, 
which is considered splendid time for artillery, when 20 miles 
per day is considered forced marching. We pitched camp 
just outside the City of Ponce where we remained until Sep- 



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tember 7th, when we received orders to .strike tents and march 
to Ponce Play a, and on the 8th we were on board the United 
States transport Concho, and seven days later we arrived in 
the "good old New York Harbor," with a homeward bound 
pennant 120 feet long streaming from the mainmast. We 
went along side in Jersey City, and by ferry to \\'eehawken. 
We left there on the 16th for St. Louis, and ui)on our arrival 
went into camp once more at Jefferson Barracks. On the 
22nd, with the exception of the guard, we were furloughed 
until the 20th of November, and on the Ist of Decem1)er were 
mustered out of the United States service. 

I was " lead dower " on the 3rd Section caisson. 

Geor(;e G. Blackmore, '96, 

Battery A, Pa. V<d. Art. 

I served in Battery A, Penna. Light Artillery Vols., from 
June 16th to November 11th, 1898. Enlisted just after Com- 
mencement last June, at Philadelphia, at the time the Battery 
was put on war footing, and joined the Battery at Newport 
News, Va., where they were then in CamjD ^^'arburton. After 
numerous false reports the long looked for order came that 
we were to be sent at once to Porto Rico on the expedition to 
that Island, and on August 5th sailed from Newport News in 
S. S. "Manitoba," in charge of Maj. Castleman, 1st ^y. Vol. 
Inf., along with the Gov.'s and Sheridan troops of Pa. Cavalry, 
Battery C, Pa. Vols, detachment of hospital corps and signal 
corps men. Arrived off Ponce August 10th, and on entering 
the harbor went aground on a bar. The l)attery went ashore 
the next day and had hardly got started with the work of un- 
loading when the news of the signing of the Protocol came, 
much to the disappointment of all. However, we comj)leted 
the unloading and proceeded to our new camp in the foot 
hills, back of Ponce about two miles. Orders soon came that 
all artillery and cavalry would be returned to the States, and 
fhen on September 8rd we com})leted the work of loading 



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again, and the S. S. " Mississippi " left for Jersey City, arriv- 
ing at the latter place at noon on September 10th, with Troops 
A and C, N. Y. Cavalry, First City Troop of Phila., Batteries 
A and C Vols., Governor's and Sheridan's Troops, Pa. Cav., 
and the battery was taken at once to Philadelphia, where we 
were dismissed on sixty days' furlough. 

Reporting again, on November 10th was examined phy- 
sically and told to report the following Thursday, but the 
following day succeeded in getting my discharge from the 
United States service. 

Bernis Brien, '96, 

3d Ohio Vol. Inf. 

At the outbreak of the war I enlisted as a private in Co. 
G, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Soon after the regiment's 
arrival in Tampa, I was detailed to the regimental hospital, 
and thence transferred to the 3rd Division Hospital, 4th Army 
Corps, serving at Tampa and Fernandina. For the twelve 
weeks we were in Fernandina I did constant night duty from 
fi P. M. until 7 A. M. My experience gave me a good oppor- 
tunity to study human nature. 

Charles Browne, '96, 
Hospital Staff. 

Was connected with the Army Hospital at Fortress 
Monroe. 

Thomas Cadwalader, '95, 

Tivop A, Phila. City Cav. 

H. W. Coulter, '96, 

10th Pa. Vol. Inf. 

In service in Manila. 



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JosiAH Hughes Crawford, '96, 

Red Cross and Christian Commission. 

The last of May saw me identified with the Red Cross 
and Christian Commission movements, and I was assigned 
their field agent at Chickamauga, with the Second Division of 
the First Army Corps, General Poland in command, General 
Brooke being commander of the corps. 

My duties there consisted in getting supplies and read- 
ing matter through to the various regiments and hospitals, 
cultivating friendly relations with the army surgeons, and 
finally controlling very largely the religious work in the 
Second Division hospital, with its 600 or more sick men 
quartered there at a time. In addition to working twelve 
or fifteen hours a day, I had to preach to the various regi- 
ments in the division when they were without chaplains or 
when their chaplains were sick. In one week I preached at 
five such services, and my work only failed reaching Porto 
Rico, for, when ordered to go there, I was so near a physical 
wreck from numerous diseases that it took me five weeks to 
get into any shape before I could return to the Seminary for 
my Senior year. But in all the work the old class and 
college were not forgotten. An example is in point. One 
Sunday morning, after having service with the First Pennsyl- 
vania regiment, and preparing to preach to the First Georgia, 
Tom Stites, of familiar memory, an assistant hospital steward 
in the First Pennsylvania, yelled to me from an ambulance, 
" Say, Joe, Yale licked the 'Varsity in baseball yesterday." 
Think of preparing a sermon on such news ! 

Meldrum Gray, '96, 

Second Lieut. Vol. Signal Corps. 

I was enlisted in the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry on 

;May loth, 1898, and on the same day left with the regiment 

for Chickamauga. I served as private and corporal in the 

Fourth Ohio until .June 27th, when I received a commission 



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as Second Lieutenant in the Volunteer Signal Corps. Was 
stationed at Chickaniauga until July 21st, when we were 
ordered with the First Division, First Army Corps, to proceed 
to Newi)ort News, and thence to Porto Rico. I was stationed 
at Ponce, Porto Rico, until some days after the peace protocol 
was signed, then ordered to proceed to Guayama, where I 
remained until ordered home, in the early part of September. 
Was then given the usual leave of absence and mustered out 
with my company. 



Warren J. Haines, '96, 

Second Lieut. 1st Md. Vol. Inf. 

My war record can be told in a few words, as the opera- 
tions of my regiment were confined solely to this continent. 

I went into camp with the Maryland National Guard, as 
a sergeant in Co. E, 1st Maryland Infantry, at Pimlico, Md., 
on April 25th. On May 17th the regiment was mustered 
into the U. S. service, and left for Fort Monroe, Va., on May 
25th. I was commissioned 2nd lieutenant July 6th, and in 
the latter part of August tendered my resignation, having 
same accepted September 1st, when I severed my connection 
with the regiment. 



W. G. Mitchell, '96, 

First Lieut. 1st U. S. Vol. Eng. 

I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the First 
Regiment of Volunteer Engineers on July 6th and remained 
on duty with this regiment while at Camp Townsend, N. Y., 
and during its three months service in Porto Rico. 

I was promoted to be first lieutenant on November 21st, 
and returned to the United States with the regiment on 
November 25th. 



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William B. Paksons, '96, 
U. S. S. Yankee. 

I was an able-bodied seaman on board the U. S. S. 
" Yankee," and served in that capacity from INIay 4th to Sep- 
tember 2nd, 1898. 

The exploits of the " Yankee " are, of course, now a 
matter of history, which is very well related in a book written 
by one of the crew and edited by Admiral Sampson. 

David Potteh, '9(), 

Pdymader, U. S. N. 

Before war was declared or even thought of hy the public 
generally, he was api>ointed an assistant paymaster in the 
regular service of the United States Navy, but was not com- 
missioned until Fel>ruary 18th, 1898. 

On March 15th, 1898, he reported for duty on board the 
U. S. Ram " Katahdin," as pay officer of that vessel, and saw 
service on her as follows : 

The last days of April, all of May, and part of June, 
were spent alternating between Provincetown, Mass., and Bos- 
ton, the duty being connected with the defense of Boston 
harbor. During the latter part of June the " Katahdin " was 
ordered to Hami)ton Roads, and remained either there or at 
Norfolk until the signing of the Peace Protocol, ostensibly 
lying in wait f(jr the phantom Spanish fleet. 

The latter part of September she was ordered to League 
Island Navy Yard, and there went out of commission, Mr. 
Potter l)eing ordered to the " Butialo," as pay officer of that 
vessel. 

On Noveml^er 5th the "Buffalo" sailed from the New 
York Navy Yard for Manila. 

From the peculiar construction of the " Katahdin," and 
through the fact that she was an experiment, the Navy De- 
partment never ])ermitted her an opportunity of testing the 
powers for which she was built, so that Mr. Potter was one of 
those unfortunate regular ofiicers who failed to get under fire. 



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W. WooDBURN Potter, '96, 

Battery A, Pa. Light Art. 

Joseph C. Righter, Jr., '96, 
mh Pa. Vol. Inf. 

On April 26th, 1898, 1 enlisted as a private in the National 
Guard of Pennsylvania, in Co. G, 12th Regiment, located at 
this place. On April 27th we were ordered to Camp Hastings, 
at Gretna, Pa. On May 12th we were mustered into United 
States service as Co. G, 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- 
teer Infantry. About May 20th we were ordered to Camp 
Alger, Falls Church, Va. On July 30th I was sent to the 
Divisional Hospital, and on July 31st to Fort Meyer Hospital 
suffering with a bad case of typhoid fever. On August 27th 
I was about to be discharged, cured from the hospital and 
sent home on a thirty days' furlough, but suffered a relapse 
and was compelled to remain at the hospital until September 
22nd, when I was discharged as cured and sent home on a 
thirty days' sick furlough. In the meantime my regiment 
was moved from Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., to Dunn 
Loring, Va. , and from there to Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa. 
On September 19th they were sent home on a thirty days 
furlough, after which they were to be mustered out. On 
October 19th we were given a ten days' extension, and on 
November 1st we were paid off and mustered out of United 
States service, our discharge being dated October 29th, 1898, 

At present (November 28th) I am still convalescing from 
my attack of typhoid fever, which I incurred during my ser- 
vice and from which several times the doctors gave up hope 
of my recovering. 

Thomas H. A. Stites, '96, 
1st Pa. Vol. Inf. 

Early in April, believing hostilities to be inevitable, and 
thinking it my duty to signify my willingness to serve the 



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country, T enrolled myself as a member of the National Guard 
of Pennsylvania, First Regiment, Company D, and on April 28th, 
in accordanee with orders from Governor Hastings my regi- 
ment proceeded from Philadelphia to Mt. Gretna, Penn., and 
there went into camp bivouacking that night under any shelter 
which would protect us from the storm. 

\\^ithin a few days I was detailed to the Regimental Hos- 
pital Corps, and upon May 11th, 1898, was mustered into the 
service of the United States as a private of Co. D, 1st Regi- 
ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Continuing to serve 
on the regimental hos})itnl corps, on May l-")th, I started with 
my regiment for Cam)) George II. Thomas, Chickamauga 
Park, Georgia, arriving there and going into camp on May 
18th. About June 16th I received orders detaching me from 
the 1st Penna. Infantry and transferring me to the Hospital 
Corps U. S. A., iuid was stationed with the Reserve Ambu- 
lance Company, 1st Army Corps, at Camp Thomas. After 
serving here for al)out ten days I was ordered (June 26) to 
duty at the hospital of the Third Division, First Army Corps. 
In this hospital I served as nurse and ward master until Aug. 
4th, '98, u})on which date I received a furlough and started 
Un- my home, suffering from typhoid fever contracted in the 
hospital. The attack ])roving (piite serious and convalescence 
very slow I set about through friends to obtain an honorable 
discharge. Before, however, this could be obtained I was 
again transferred, October let, '98 — this time from the Hos- 
pital Corps, IJ. S. A., to Co. D, 1st Penna. Vol. Inf., with orders 
to report to the Colonel of that regiment at Philadelphia, 
Penn., " in order to be mustered out of the service of the 
United .States." The regiment was mustered out on October 
16th, Ijut owing to m}-- inability to be present, my own 
muster (jut was delayed and it was not until November 8th' 
upon my {^resenting myself and undergoing the prescribed 
phy.sical examination by the proper officers that my connec- 
tion with the armv came to an end. 



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The service, especially that at the .'-.rd Division H(jsi)ital, 
demanded constant work, Init my recollections of it are hy no 
means uni)leasant, though it was a great disapi)ointment to 
me that I could see no active service at the front. 

William H. Fulpiou Ex'DO. 

Passed Asd. Pai/iiKister, U. S. N. 

Was appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster in the Navy 
with the rank of Lieut., on May 2;:5rd, 1898. He has i)ub- 
lished a book entitled " The Cruise of the U. S. S. Resolute 
with forty tons of Dynamite during the war with Spain." In 
this book which is a transcript of his diary, and illustrated, 
he gives some very graphic accounts of scenes at Guantanamo, 
Santiago and Havana. 

He was a member of the Battalion of the West, Naval 
Reserves, N. J., and was one of those who took the Monitor 
Montauk from the League Island Navy Yard to Portland, 
Maine. 

P. Frazer, Jr., Ex'96, 

First Troop Phila. City Car. 

Rensselaer H. Greene, Ex'96, 

Corp. 52iid la. Vol. Inf. 

After a service of four and one-half years in the Iowa 
National Guard, I enhsted, April 26th, in the Fifty-second 
Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers, our National Guard 
Company retaining its original formation, and we served 
until the latter part of August at Chickamauga Park, when 
we were brought to Des Moines and furloughed for a month. 

I was enlisted as a private and was promoted to corporal 
May 27th, and served in that capacity until discharged. 

Paul Loving, Ex'96, 

Second Lieut. First Ohio Vol. Cal. 
He enlisted in the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, was 
made Sergeant, and then commissioned Second Lieutenant 



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in the same regiment. He was stationed at Chickamauga 
and other southern camps during the summer, and mustered 
out in October. 

A. Edwin Schaff, Ex'96, 
U. S. S. " Yankee:' 

I joined the 2nd Naval Battalion of Brooklyn on the 22nd 
of April, 1898, and immediately went on harbor patrol, and 
was on it for one month when I joined the regular service as 
seaman and was quartered on the U. S. S. " New Hampshire " 
for a few weeks, when I was transferred to the U. S. S. " Yan- 
kee," where I was left until the Reserves were discharged 
September 5th, 1898. 

R. M. Williams, Ex'96, 

Asst. Eng. U. S. N. 
On U. S. S. Baltimore, Manila. 

Frank Grenville Curtis, '97, 

Corp. 171st N. Y. Vol. Inf. 

Enlisted in 171st Regiment, New York. Ranked as cor- 
poral. Regiment not ordered out. 

Herbert Staley Harris, '97. 
Hospital Corps. 

In response to an appeal from the International Medical 
Missionary Association, he entered the hospital corps of the 
army. He served at Camp Black and later at Camp Alger. 
Then he was transferred to the field hospital at Bristoe, Va., 
where he was promoted to the office of assistant head nurse. 
His work here attracted attention, and for meritorious service 
he was recommended to the post of acting hospital steward. 
A few days later he contracted a severe type of typlioid fever, 
from which disease he is now slowly recovering. 

He was discharged from the service, October 20th, at 
Camp Meade, Pa. 



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Francis A. Lane, '97. 

Quay-term. Dept., Chickamauga. 

After enlisting I left for Chickamauga on June 23d, 
having, I must say, no very definite idea of the nature of the 
duties before me. I arrived at Chickamauga on the follow- 
ing day — the hottest day, I believe, of the year — for the 
thermometer registered 110° in the shade. But to the intoler- 
able heat was added the intolerable dust, which was at least 
six inches deep in the main thoroughfare. After several 
hours of search under such circumstances as these, I at last 
found the quartermaster's depot, at which I was to report. 
Here I met Harrison Hall, '98, who, you know, was the first 
to take the position of clerk in this department. It was 
through Hall, who, by the way, had an appointment in the 
Regular Army, that I got my position. 

Hall had already been at Chickamauga ten days. I 
relieved him at once, and it was well for him that I did, for 
that night he fell sick, and his illness continued during the 
next day. It was of such a serious nature that I became 
frightened and began to think that he might not get through 
with his life. The disease seemed to resist every effort of the 
physician to check it. Hall lost twenty pounds, and grew so 
weak that he could scarcely walk by himself. I speak of his 
case in order to show you how that climate could affect men 
who were physically strong and robust. 

I confess that when I saw how seriously Hall had been 
afflicted, I was somewhat frightened on my own account, but 
I stuck to it, and was not ill a single day while I was there. 

My position was that of invoice clerk under A. S. Bick- 
ham C'82), captain and assistant quartermaster. 

At that time there were over 50,000 men encamped in 
the park, and preparations were just then being made to 
move to the front. The thorough mobilization of an army is 
a stupendous undertaking ; how difficult a task it is and how 
much work it means you could not judge unless you could 



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be connected with the special departments under whose direc- 
tion it proceeds. Let nie give you some idea of the work that 
fell upon me alone. Captain Bickham, under whom, as I 
have said, I held the position of invoice clerk, was an officer 
on General Brooke's stafi', and had charge of the army trans- 
portation department. This involved the control and the 
allotments of mules, wagons and harness. Every requisition 
that was presented had to go through certain regular chan- 
nels before the order could be given for the issue, and it was 
my business to write out the ])apers necessary to make the 
transfer. On many days I have written out orders for sup- 
plies which rej^resented between one and two hundred thou- 
sand dollars. What follows will show you some of the detail. 
I had to write out two invoices, two recei^Dts and two orders. 
The blank forms had to be tilled out with the names of the 
one who issued and the one who received the supplies; then 
the number of articles drawn had to be entered twice, once 
in figures and once in words, and finally the names of the 
articles, the condition and the price. No ditto marks could 
be used. After these forms had been filled out, a record of 
them had to be placed on the books. The thing that made 
my work so hard was that I was obliged to enter on the 
books a record of so many different kinds of wagons. The 
department handled ten different kinds, and each regiment, 
it seemed, had every kind there was. But even this was not 
the worst of it. For not only is the wagon itself drawn, but 
a thousand and one parts also, from a carriage liolt to a 
wheel. The same thing is true of the harness. But the mule, 
the army mule, was not in parts. He was drawn as a unit. 
And let me say here, that this beast is far more dangerous 
than the cannon that armed the peerless squadron of which 
Spain must be so proud. A man would be far safer in the 
U. S. Navy than in the quartermaster's department at Chicka- 
mauga. 



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For six weeks I toiled tlius, workini:; twelve or fourteen 
hours a day. After that, however, the work grew lighter for 
a time. But not for long, for just as I was beginning to 
breathe easily again, Captain Bickham was transferred to a 
brigade. Then all the supplies had to be turned over in the 
usual way, and this gave me doubk' work for over two Aveeks. 
And again later, when my superior oflicer was promoted to 
the rank of depot quartermaster, just at the time when the 
troops were leaving to be mustered out. I had three times my 
usual work on my hands, for I received not only mules, har- 
ness and wagons, but also everything else handled by the 
quartermaster. 

During all the time 1 was at Chickamauga I lived by 
myself in an officer's tent pitched at headquarters. I enjoyed 
such army luxuries as a cot, a board floor, a mattress, etc. I 
had a good position in more ways than one. I learned the 
workings of the quartermaster's department, and was thrown 
into contact with men that transacted the government's busi- 
ness. In fact, I was tempted to keep the position and not to 
return this year. But now I am glad that I came back. 

I was kept so closely at my desk, however, being able to 
get off" only on Sundays, that I saw very little of the camp. 
I did get off to see the grand review, though, and a grand 
spectacle it was. There were 40,000 soldiers in line. I also 
went to several of the hospitals, and, as far as I could see, the 
newspapers exaggerated the " inhuman treatment." 

The only really exciting experience I had while in camp 
was with a cavalry horse. It happened this way : — I started 
out one day for a ride on what was represented to me as a 
Kentucky thoroughbred. The representation was false. The 
thoroughbred traits which the horse possessed were those of 
a thoroughbred bucking broncho. He was merely a colt, and 
not well broken. Such a beast it is not wise to ride. I had 
gotten him over half a mile when the trouble began. The 
thoroughbred began to buck and then to rear. I hung on^ 



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for I had a point to gain as well as he. I was under him. I 
got partly out of his way, but the rim of the saddle caught 
me on the ankle, and my foot was still in the stirrup. I coald 
not get loose until he was pleased to roll the other way. Then 
I managed to scramble out and to my feet. My audience — 
for I had an audience, who enjoyed the whole thing hugely, 
you may be sure — kept throwing stinging jibes at me about 
" rough riders." So as soon as the horse was caught again I 
invited them to try. But volunteers were exceedingly back- 
ward. At last one fellow screwed his courage up and de- 
clared he would ride the horse. I agreed cheerfully, for I had 
a score to pay. Up he got, and down he went again. The 
thoroughbred had played him the same trick. Then I saw 
myself as others had seen me, and knew why the audience 
had thought the show worth seeing. 

I left Chickamauga on September 10th, having been con- 
nected with the army almost three months. During that 
time I was not ill for a single day, a fact which I account for 
on the ground that I took good care of myself I suffered 
none of the pains and the ills of the soldier. 

Fredkrick B. McNish, '97, 

Liiihi Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

I enlisted as a private in Light Battery A, of the Pa. 
volunteers, on June 26th, 1898, was stationed at Camp War- 
burton, Newport News, Va., until August 5th. On that date 
sailed on the transport Manitoba for Ponce, Porto Rico. Re- 
turned on transport Mississippi, on September 10th. I took 
part in no engagements. Was mustered out of service at 
Philadelphia, November 18th, 1898. 

EvARisTO De Montalvo, '97, 

Corp. Utah Vol. Art., Battery B., 

The President had called for 100,000 volunteers ; for 
three days I thought and thought, weighed the pro and con. 



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Fox, the chemist, wanted to enHst. It was Cuba's fight — my 
fight. Duty stared me in the face. It would only take a few 
grains in the balance of Fate. The day came at last. The 
recruiting officer was in town. I came down from the mill 
with a few samples for analysis. Fox was at the balance in 
both senses of the word. He put the " rider " a few notches 
to the right — down dropped the pan. He turned to me and 
said : " Monte, let's enlist." " It's a go," said I ; " artillery or 
cavalry?" "Artillery," answered he. We proceeded to the 
scrutiny office, went through the required cross-examination. 
The deed was done, for I knew I would pass the physical ex- 
aminations. Out of the thirty or more that enlisted about 
€ight were called to Salt Lake and seven were accepted. Fox 
was not even called, as he did not pass the preliminary ex- 
aminations very well. There was a hot time in old Mercur 
the night before leaving — big dinner and a ball. I was to an- 
swer to a toast, " Cuba," but I am ashamed to say, could not 
be found at the table. I was sorry, as I could have made a 
" cracker-jack " speech. It was only a question of stuffing 
everything into the trunk. I took nothing with me save a 
blanket and the suit I had on. The train was decorated, and 
a band (?) escorted us to the station. Every shopkeeper gave 
us something in the way of a present. The restaurants and 
saloons contributed largely. Amid tears and cheers the little 
train wound its snaky course around the mountain. At the 
summit we looked down upon the mill and the knot of shout- 
ing miners ; looked down upon the town, which was not a 
home for me, yet I must say I felt a lump in my throat, be- 
cause it was a good-bye to something. We arrived in town 
that night, were treated to a fine dinner and proceeded to 
Camp Kent, where the barracks were swarming with the 
greatest crowds of all kinds and conditions of men. " Ho- 
boes," " Weary Willies " were in force, but here and there 
one could see a fellow worth while talking to. Some volun- 



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leered because there was nothing else for the poor devils to 
do ; most of us because the country needed us. 

The hard lot of a soldier's life is not the fighting. It is 
the long, weary marches through mud, the half-rations, the 
waiting, waiting. I shall never forget my first meal in bar- 
racks the next morning. We were marched in to the tables, 
and at command sat down to two square inches of fried bacon 
and cofiee, minus milk, and a piece of bread. The "more" 
look tliat Dickens describes so well in Oliver Twist came 
over the face of all. I closed my teeth and said, " Sit still, 
my stomach ; sit still." Levy Lanthier, of the Mercur boys, 
a six-footer, turned to me, and with his Western twang, said : 
" Monte, d — me if I don't think we've made a mistake and 
struck the penitentiary." But the time has come since then 
that we have longed for bacon and bread ! 

We were drilled every day, but as the uniforms did not 
come, we looked more like Coxey's army than Light Bat- 
teries A and B of the Utah Artillery. As we brouglit no 
clothes, we kept getting more dirty and ragged. 

Large crowds came out from town to see us, Init I kept 
strictly out of sight, as I was afraid some of my friends in 
Salt Lake would see me. The cry now was for uniforms. 
Our tents were pitched, the needed horses Ixjught, and grad- 
ually things began to look more military. We had gun drill 
and target practice, and kind ladies kei)t the camp well sup- 
plied witli nice things to eat. The weather was fine, and, 
little by little, we began to accustoni ourselves to the new life. 
One day the militia uniforms and the equii)ments were 
turned over to us, and we looked more like soldiers. The 
cry now was, " When do we move over to Frisco? " We had 
many false alarms, but at last early one morning, as if by 
magic, the snowy little city fell to earth, and a few hours 
later we were marching to the tune of martial music through 
the streets of Salt Lake. Jkit I should be more brief, or I 
shall never come to present times. At the station tlie ladies 



(il 

of the Red Cross — liovv every enlisted num l)lesses them — 
gave us a luncheon. This was a great and " humid " good- 
bye, for mothers and sisters were there to see their boys off. 
They crowded up to the windows ; many wanted a souvenir 
or to see the " Cuban " (that was me). .Some were surprised 
because I looked very much like anybody else. I shall 
never forget good Mrs. Winkler. Old and tottering, she 
clung to her son's arm all the way to the station. The surg- 
ing, pushing, rough crowd could not shake her off. Little 
Winkler swallowed hard, and blinked a little, but looked 
straight ahead. This incident came strongly to my mind the 
night of our first engagement, when Winkler, standing at his 
post by the piece, said, " Lieutenant, 1 am hit." "This is no 
time for jokes," answered Grow ; but Winkler's left arm 
hung limp to his side. There he stood, still at his post, until 
the oflicer realized he was hit, and told him to retire. It 
proved only a flesh wound, just grazing the bone. I said to 
myself, " (31d Mrs. Winkler, your son is saved to you;" for 
we were running short of ammunition, and expected the 
Spaniards to charge those breastworks every minute. Then it 
would have been a case of six-shooters for a time, and — well, 
final annihilation. But I am anticijDating. 

The ride from Salt Lake to "Frisco" was rather uneventful, 
although we received great "send offs" along the line. Arriv- 
ing at " Frisco," we were met by another gastronomic de- 
monstration at the station by that same society, the Red 
Cross. 

The life at Camp Merritt, San Francisco, was about the 
same as at Camp Kent, except that we were better uniformed 
and better fed, and we had a fine time at the theatres and the 
music halls. The people just simply gave up the town to us. 
On some car lines we paid no fare, and a soldier was treated 
and feted wherever he went. Every day ladies of the Red 
Cross came to the difterent camps and distributed many dain- 
ties. I cannot stop to describe the scenes at " Frisco " or 
Camp Merritt, as much more is to come. 



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We were now looking forward to the trip to Manila, 
which, as I have had some experience in travelling, I knew 
would be the greatest trial we had to contend with. On the 
]4th of June, at daybreak, we broke camp, marched to the 
wharf and boarded the S. S. Zealandia. With us was the 
10th Pennsylvania Infantry. The expedition consisted of 
four transports, the China (tiagship) Colon, Senator and ours. 
One platoon, with two pieces, under Lieutenant Grow, was 
on the Zealandia. Another, under Lieutenant Gulchsaw, was 
on the China, with two more pieces. Battery A were all on 
the Colon, with all their pieces. We mounted our guns for- 
ward and aft, in case we should have to repel a sea attack. 
The afternoon of the 14th we pulled out into mid-stream, 
and next day sailed out of the gate. Tugs by the score and 
big excursion boats swarmed around us. Bands played, 
women cheered and waved their handkerchiefs. Like Col- 
umbus, we were sailing into the unknown, with no escort in 
the way of gunboats. The sea was high for a couple of days, 
and the cold rain poured down unmercifully upon us. The 
cooking facilities were wretched, and we had for a seasick diet 
the everlasting " pickled mare " (canned beef). They made 
attempts at cooking " pickled mare," and desiccated potatoes 
(called by us " dissipated potatoes") were put into a big iron 
bucket. We lined up in the rain with our tin plates to re- 
ceive our rations, which sometimes would be blown out of our 
plates into the next man's face or all over the deck. The sick 
ones occupied positions along the rail, or rolled up in blank- 
ets, hugging the steam pipes. Some ate nothing for two days. 
Our sleeping quarters were down in the hold, where we were 
packed like sardines. In fact, everything was so crowded 
that it was difficult to move around the decks for fear of step- 
ping on some one or stumbling over a man's foot. The quar- 
ters below were made untenable by the sick ones. I don't 
want to get too realistic, so I shall stop right here. 



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In a few days we had fine weather antl most of the boys 
slept on deck and enjoyed a shower bath, or rather a hose 
bath every morning when tlie sailors washed down the decks. 
I had the honor of suggesting the last move. 

At last we reached Honolulu. What a change ! It was 
like stepping out of hell into paradise. It was a glorious day, 
bright and cool and music everywhere. The open-hearted 
hospitality of these people was something fine. The Red 
Cross was at it again. The program was as follows : A march 
to the American Yacht Club, where we all enjoyed a good 
swim and where we received our mail from the other ship, 
and were given writing paper and pens to write to the folks 
at home. It was give, give on every side. The Batteries got the 
best of it, as we were entertained by a Salt Lake man, who 
took us on a trip to a large plantation. Cigars and cooling 
drinks were our lot on the train. Merrily we dashed by rice 
fields and quaint little towns. A cool breeze blew in through 
the windows and we sat back puffing our "perfectos," beaming 
with pleasure. But a feeling of sadness came over me when I 
reached the plantation. In a flash the smell of the boiling 
juice brought me back to Cuba. I looked over the waving 
cane, and at the freight cars loaded with it, listened to the 
rumbling noise of the crushers — that used to sound so sweet 
to me in San Lino, and used to lull father to sleep. Here was 
prosperity. A mental picture of the future of Cuba came be- 
fore me. Our cane did not wave their tufts in the gentle 
breeze. I saw a blackened, smoky expanse stretching before 
me; in the distance, leaping flames and black smoke being 
driven on and on by the heavy wind. I saw the freight cars 
jammed together in the " batey." The big mill was motion- 
less — dead — the rust eating, slowly eating the remains — RuixV ! 

After this trip we marched to the beautiful palace gar- 
dens, where a fine spread was laid for us. The Hawaiian sol- 
diers in their neat uniforms were on dress parade. What a 
contrast to our boys, but then, we were out for business. A 



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band situated in a raised rotunda played the good old tunes. 
Brightly dressed girls in pink and white and blue flitted about 
the lawn. I sat in the shade of a big mango and took in 
everything in a great gulp with ears, eyes, nose — I say nose, 
because a faint, indescribable ])erfume prevailed everywhere — 
a combination, I imagine, of fruits and flowers. The grace- 
ful palms waved to and fro in time to a swinging Avaltz. 
Everything, in fact, was in tune — our spirits, our stomachS' — 
everything. We wandered through the palace at will, looked 
out from the broad veranda on the scene below, lounged and 
si)rawled on the grass — and such soft grass ! The band now 
played " La Czarine." Then I was back again in the Cafe 
Chinois, in the Bois, with Mathilde. I was in just that state 
when my emotions would dance to any tune. The bugle 
blowing "Assembly " brought me back to the present. Back 
to the ship we marched, and then came the long, weary days 
with only a few incidents to vary the monotony. I started a 
Spanish class among the officers. This, for me, was a diver- 
sion, as there was no place either to read or write comfortaljly 
in our quarters in the bow. On the Fourth of July we peace- 
fully conquered Wakes Island. General Green planted the 
flag on the uninhabited sand bank, A few days later we had 
target jn-actice with our pieces, which was quite a novelty, as 
we had never fired off shij^-board. On the 9th we arrived at 
Guam, which we imagined had to be taken with the aid of the 
"Charleston," but, as you have probably read, the conquest 
was made by the flrst expedition. On the 17th we steamed 
through the channel, past the famous land batteries that 
Dewey braved before the battle of Manila, and a few days 
later dropped anchor before Cavite. I neglected to say that 
we met the " Charleston " a day before our arrival. From the 
decks of the " Zealandia " we could see the wrecks of the 
Sj)anish fleet, and one wondered. On the other side lay 
the American sijuadron, as trim and dapper as if they had 
n(jt done ajivthing. 



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With impatience we watched for the day of landing. Of 
course I was very much in demand as an interpreter, and con- 
sequently made many trips to Cavite and visited the sunken 
ships. I did not take away any souvenirs, as I knew we had 
a hard campaign Ijefore us, and did not want to carry any 
extra weight. Cavite is a very pretty little place. You have 
probably seen many pictures of it, so I shall not go into de- 
scriptions. I talked with many Spanish prisoners, and had 
the honor of seeing the Governor of Guam and his staff, who 
are all prisoners. Every day we could hear from the direc- 
tion of Cavite the volleys of musketry and the boom of artil- 
lery. The Spaniards were making desperate efforts to drive 
back from their intrenchments the insurgents, who had the 
city besieged. The 10th Pennsylvania left before us, and were 
given a hearty cheer by our boys. There had been somewhat 
of a hard feeling between the Pennsylvania boys and our- 
selves, but this was quickly dispelled and replaced by a feel- 
ing of mutual admiration and good will after the memorable 
night of July 31st and the morning of August 1st. The next 
morning we boarded " cascos " and barges and made for a 
point a mile or so from Manila, where Camp Dewey was situ- 
ated. Most of us had not touched Mother Earth for thirty- 
five days, so the spirits of all were at their height in spite of 
the fact that we had to unload our guns, caissons, &c., by 
wading waist-deep in the water. A ])retty place was Camp 
Dewey. As far as the eye could reach itjwas a broad expanse 
of white canvas. Camp fires were burning merrily, the day was 
glorious, the spot shaded. It did not take long to pitch camp 
and settle down for an indefinite period. We had some 
pretty hard times at Camp Dewey. For days and days it 
rained and stormed. We were almost washed out of our 
tents, and did not know what it was to feel dry. The high 
surf prevented us from landing provisions, so we were on 
about one-quarter rations most of the time. Wood was scarce, 
as we were not allowed to cut down trees. We had many en- 



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counters with the natives on this question, as they objected 
to our picking up the dead timber lying about. Owing to 
my knowledge of Spanish, I had the honor to go on several 
scouting expeditions to the field of operations. This was 
rather a ticklish job, as the insurgents and the Spanish 
pickets were exchanging shots all the time. A little move- 
ment in the brush would bring a Mauser whizzing in our 
direction. On one occasion we were within fifty or a hundred 
yards of the Spanish intrenchments, and from a deserted 
house we could look down almost behind them. I thought 
that if the enemy had known of our danger, great havoc 
would have been done, as the party was made up of General 
Green, General MacArthur, their aides, and a few other high 
"mucky-mucks." Our object was to find location for our 
pieces and determine the strength of the enemy. Of course 
all these weeks of waiting, with exposure to all kinds of hard- 
ships — ants, mosquitoes, rain and short rations — had made 
the boys pretty impatient to move to Manila. The cry was : 
" On to Manila ! " I knew the time for action was near, but 
could not tell them anything about it. 

On another occasion, Lieutenant Vogler and myself lost 
the scouting party in the thick jungle that surrounds the 
town. We attempted to find it, wandering around 'till the 
sharp, nasty cracks of the Mausers and the''jing"of the 
needle bullets around our ears warned us that we were near 
the Spanish pickets. One ball passed between us and we 
both ducked. Vogler's duck was seen by me, but luckily he 
did not see mine, and I had the laugh on him. He said : 

" D me if ever I duck again." A few seconds later, 

"whiz!" went another, but Vogler ducked again. So did I, 
but, as he was ahead of me, he did not see me. I looked very 

unconcerned and said : " I guess you will have to be d , 

Lieutenant." However, in the engagements that followed 
Vogler did not duck, but seemed to find diversion in patting 
his stomach, while I grunted. I tell you this to show you 



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that this business of not ducking at the first bullets is non- 
sense, and the only thing that prevented our subsequent 
"ducks" was the reputation I had to uphold and the desire on 
his part not to fail again. But we had to do something. 

A few days later we were ordered to move two pieces to 
the front from our battery (B), and two from battery A. The 
" camino real " was a few feet deep with mud. So you may 
imagine the labor we expended in moving these pieces. I 
wish I had a picture of the moving, to see again those big 
fellows in the pouring rain, covered with that heavy, black 
mud from head to foot, straining and heaving at the ropes 
when the wheels were sunk U}) to the hubs. Our two guns 
(IB and 2B) were moved up that day ; tlie intrenchments 
were strengthened under a pitch fire from the enemy. A gun 
detachment was left at each piece for twenty-four hours. 
We had only six sections, so you may know what constant 
labor and exposure it meant for us. The intrenchments were 
a sea of mud. It rained all the time. We put up Httle tem- 
porary " stacks " for protection, but the rain would trickle 
through even a tarpaulin. I do not know what the object 
was in this move, as it seems to me infantry 'could have held 
the ridge until we were ready for the attack. 

We realized that the strain on our men would be ter- 
rible, manning those guns every other night for any length of 
time. We had about ten days of it before we took Manila 
On the first night an attack was made by the enemy in order 
to capture our four pieces. During the day everything was 
quiet, with the exception of the two picket lines, which kept 
snapping at each other all the time. The monastery on the 
right was shelled so it looked more like a sieve than anything 
else. Through the holes we could see the Spanish line, but 
the pickets soon discovered that we were picking at them, and 
watched those holes pretty carefully. I picked out a good 
safe hole and with glasses got a a fair idea of what was before 
us. The enemy was thoroughly fortified by a series of sand- 



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bag intrenchnients built low down, with no bouses near to aid 
as marks for our artillery. Our position, on the other hand, 
seemed to me a poor one. Our intrenchnients were of dirt 
only, and consecjuently the heavy rain kept washing them 
away constantly. 

We were supported on the right and the left by the 10th 
Pennsylvania. After dark they threw out " outposts " forty 
or fifty yards to the front, who were to report any movement 
made. Everything was perfectly quiet. All one could bear 
was the murmur of the waves on our left and the dismal frogs 
croaking on our right, and the drip, drip of the never-ceasing 
rain. Two men were left on guard at each piece, and we 
rolled up in our wet blankets and iell asleep. At about 10 
o'clock we were awakened by a sharp Mauser fire at our right 
flank, which ceased quickly. The right flank was at once 
strengthened at the expense of the left. This was what the 
Dons exi)ected. Again everything was quiet and we lay 
down, although a few of us put on shoes and leggings. At 
about eleven a heavy volley fire opened up in our front, which 
was answered by our retreating outposts, who were moving 
back to report that the enemy was advancing. Sad to say, 
the 10th opened up before they were all in, and some were 
caught between two fires. By this time everything opened 
up along the line. Lieutenant Grow and myself saw the 
direction of the Pennsylvania fire (it was dark as pitch), and 
imagined the enemy nearer than was the fact, so we began 
emptying our six-shooters over the intrenchments. 

That was really foolish, as we pushed aside two men 
armed with Springfields. Lieutenant Grow came to his senses 
first, put away his revolver, ordered me to do the same, and 
began to give orders. " Prepare for action," was the first. 
The Spanish artillery opened up fiercely, and immediately 
after the first shots and shells began to screech over us 
and explode everywhere. Our men were as cool as could be, 
and took up their positions at the piece as if we were at drill. 



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and waited for commands. Tlie noise was terrific, and as 
Lieutenant Grow thought we might not have heard it, he 
ordered us to commence firing. " Load, ram ; ready," says 
the gunner. " Fire ! " says Grow. " Bang ! " went the first 
gun, and a shrapnel, punctured at two seconds, went flying in 
the direction of the Mahxte fortifications. A cheer came up 
from the Pennsylvania boys when they heard that shot. By 
the flash of the exploding shells they could see the Spaniards 
being literally mowed down. At the same time the other 
pieces opened up, and we kept it up hot and heavy. Shells 
exploded right over us. One hit our magazine, but luckily 
did not explode. The Mauser fire was terrific and poured 
through our embrasure like hail, I don't understand how 
our gunner, Stewart, was not hit a thousand times. Li the 
rear of the intrenchments the fire was worse, as the Spaniards 
were firing high. Shells were crashing through both houses. 
One exploded right behind us, scattering mud and dust all 
around us. Hudson was burnt on the back. At about this 
juncture Winkler was hit. Our gunner watched the flash of 
the Spanish guns and handled his piece accordingly, as it was 
too dark to use our sights. We fired until our piece became 
so hot that we were afraid to fire it again. We now had to 
pour water over it, and right here came one of the most dan- 
gerous moves we had to make — to go back a few hundred 
yards for water — clean well water. There was some hesita- 
tion among the men, Init only for an instant. Brave Hudson 
grabbed the pail and started; we never expected to see him 
again. (Poor fellow, I wish he had been killed in that en- 
gagement, and not in the way he was, after it was all over ! 
But I will tell you that later.) 

After our gun had cooled we went at it again. We 
silenced two Spanish pieces, but their big gun still kept send- 
ing those moaning shells in our direction. The embrasure 
was hit and caved in around the gun. Up jumps Hudson 
through the embrasure, removes the obstruction and returns 



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to his post again, safe. He had taken off his shirt to use as 
a " swab," and it was a magnificent sight to see him work, 
with his stern, resolute face, and big muscles standing out 
like whip-cords. He was everywhere. The gun was sinking 
deeper and deeper in the mud ; we were getting fagged out, 
and " by hand to the front " was no easy task. When the 
piece would stick so all efforts to bring it forward seemed of 
no avail, Hudson would literally pick it up out of the mud 
and step to the eml)rasure. I had a good chance to see 
everything, as I was carrying orders and getting information 
as to range, etc., from the other detachments. The gun on 
our left was doing splendid work under Gunner Share. He 
acted more like an umpire at a baseball game than anything 
€lse. When a shell struck home he yelled at the top of his 
voice, " One strike ! " When they fell short or over, " The 
pitcher is wild," and expressions of a similar character. Sni- 
der, who is a native-born funny man, was funny through the 
whole of this trying scene. He was carrying ammunition 
from the magazine. When he wanted shrapnel he would 
say, "Corporal, give me a little bird-seed." When he wanted 
percussions he termed them " pills." T^he shells from the 
big six-inch Spanish guns he dubbed "the fast mail." The 
name could not have l)een more appropriate, as it made the 
noise of an express train when it went by. In subsequent 
engagements we always spoke of it in those terms. While I 
was running to Battery A's piece, to find out how the range 
was doing, a sliell burst about twenty feet above my head. I 
noticed at the time how it burst, and thanked my stars the 
Spaniards did not shoot shrai)nel. I also had an experience 
in going for water. I thought the bullets were singing within 
an eighth of an inch from my head and body ; and, to tell 
the truth, I dodged right and left with my head and body, 
and, what is funny now, with my legs, for I felt the bullets in 
that neighborhood. 

The 10th was rapidly getting out of ammunition, and 
gradually the beautiful volley firing which had kept the 



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Spaniards in check (we found out afterwards the enemy num- 
bered about four thousand, while we were only a little over 
one thousand), became less and less strong, and at last, much 
to our dismay, the intrenehments, save for a few scattering 
shots became quiet. I saw the brave l)oys cursing their luck 
and looking at their empty cartridge belts. The Mauser fire 
sounded closer and closer. Then we began to use shrapnel 
punched at zero, which has the same effect as canister, and 
held their fire in check. But we, too, were running short of 
ammunition, and the sickening idea that we had to defend 
those guns with " six-shooters " came over us. The 10th boys 
had fixed bayonets. One fellow came to Major Cuspidis cry- 
ing, "I have no ammunition, Major." " I know it," was the 
answer, " but you have your bayonet." For two hours we 
kept this up. Panting, exhausted, we prayed for reinforce- 
ments. At last we heard cheering to our rear, and the Cali- 
fornia regulars dashed to the intrenehments. What sweet 
music they made as their well-directed volleys rang out clear 
and strong. The enemy became discouraged and gradually 
retreated under a heavy fire from our pieces. Their fire be- 
came more and more scattered, their artillery ceased firing, 
and we were ordered to muster the little ammunition that was 
left us. A fact that I neglected to mention, is that some of 
the reinforcements planted themselves in an intrenchment 
directly to our rear and began plugging it to us, so we were 
between two cross fires. Luckily this happened after we had 
been ordered to cease firing, and we saved ourselves by lying 
flat on our faces in the mud. 

The Spaniards heavily shelled the beach, the " camino 
real," and the open fields directly in front of our camp, so 
that it was a ticklish job to get reinforcements to us. As it 
was, some of our men fell while coming to our aid, but our 
(battery) boys succeeded in bringing a fresh supply of ammu- 
nition without receiving a scratch. When they arrived it was 
all over. You may be sure there was a great hand-shaking 



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going on, for one crazy fool belonging to the 11th had to run 
back to camp and reported that the battery had been wiped 
out. 

We had repulsed the attack, our guns were safe, and 
with the exception of one man slightly wounded (Winkler) 
no one was hurt, I wish you could have seen me that morn- 
ing, covered with mud from head to foot, my clothes torn, 
wet, and black with powder smoke. The exercise during the 
engagement kept us warm, but now I began to shiver in the 
wind and rain, so that no amount of blankets could keep me 
warm. There we shivered and chattered, waiting every 
minute for the enemy to rally and renew the attack, until we 
were relieved l)y new detatchments in the morning. 

The Pennsylvania was not as lucky — in fact our record 
has been the wonder of all. They lost aljout seven men and 
about twenty wounded. 

Some very funny things hapjiened. General Green came 
up with the reinforcements and began to ask some questions 
of one of Battery A's gunners, while he did so, standing at the 
embrasure very much exposed. The gunner pushed him 

aside, remarking, " Get away from the opening, you d d 

fool." As it was dark, he did not know the General. I im- 
agine the General understood the situation, for he did not 
reprimand him, but moved away from the opening. 

The next day the gunner was told of the " break," and 
nearly keeled over. 

The next day we strengthened our defences somewhat, 
but still they seemed inadec^uate. That night the Sjtaniards 
started at it again. By this time they had our range down to 
a point, and shells kept droi)i)ing around the guns in such a 
manner that, if they had been the quality of ours, our names 
would have been "nit." One struck a piece, glancing off 
without doing any damage. The sights were taken off of 
another, and they kept at it so long that I could name scores of 
times that we escaped as if by a miracle. 



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To make a long story short, for thirteen days we held 
our ground with orders not to fire our pieces, the infantry do- 
ing the skirmish work and repelling the sallies made at us 
night after night. The enemy shelled us night after night, 
doing a little damage to the infantry, but we were still left 
intact. I shall never forget one night when the wounded 
were brought to our magazine for attention. One poor fellow 
was blown to pieces by an exploding shell. A captain of the 
14th Regulars pronounced the affiiir a regular " death trap." 

The next day before the attack we moved up all of our 
pieces, ten in number, to the different trenches prepared for 
them. The fortifications for the two rapid-fire 8-inch pieces, 
however, were only half finished when we arrived there on 
the morning of the 14th. After pulling the piece through the 
heaviest mire imaginable, we had almost a half day's work 
before vis, filling and placing sacks in position, which had to 
be done before ten o'clock. We worked with the mud up to 
our knees until ready to drop. I remember the last sack I 
carried, weighing about 180 pounds, made me totter and fall, 
pinning me down in the mud so that it had to be removed be- 
fore I could get up. When we were about nearing the top, 
the insurgents drew the fire of the enemy in our direction by 
firing a few shots, and right here was where we got a scare, 
as the infantry had not yet arrived, and we imagined the 
Spaniards were trying to force the game by attacking this 
weak spot. Quickly we pulled our guns to the half-made em- , 
brasure and waited for further orders. The shelling lasted 
about a half hour, but it was a trying job to go on with the 
building under this fire. They quieted down, and at about 
9 o'clock we were ready for action. We were to act as 
" masked battery," and were ordered to fire onl}^ if the enemy 
made any move in our direction. We had smokeless powder, 
and our position would have been hard to discover. 

Dewey by this time had moved up, and at 10 o'clock 
sharp he opened up on the forts on our left with his six-inch 



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guns. Ev'ery shot told, and those situated on the left flank 
could see sand banks, stones and Spaniards flying in all 
directions. A little later the battery to the left of the " caniino 
real " opened up with telling efl'ect. 

Now Dewey began to place his shells with wonderful 
accuracy in the Spanish trenches. We could hear his shells 
explode, sometimes only a hundred yards from us, then a 
few seconds later the boom of the gun. A detachment under 
Lieutenant Grow opened up on block house No. 14, where 
the Si)aniards had mounted a machine gun, and in a few 
minutes blew it all to thunder. The artillery work from sea 
and land was so eff'ective that the Spaniards did not fire a 
shot from their pieces which they had distributed along the 
line. Later we found them either dismounted or with pur- 
posely destroyed breech-blocks. With the artillery silenced, 
now was the time for the infantry, and our part of the battle 
was played. The Colorado regiment jumped over the in- 
trenchments to make one of the i>rettiest charges ever made; 
the officers threw away their scabbards and rushed on with 
naked swords. On they went, firing volley after volley, cross- 
ing the streams by means of bamboo bridges which the 
engineers carried. The same was true all along the line. We 
could hear the volleys and cheers as they advanced, driving 
the enemy from trench to trench. The Spaniards were on the 
run now, and were fighting a losing fight. On through 
Malate went .the Colorado boys, taking one by one the barri- 
cades built in the streets. 

There was only one company that put up any stand. 
The latter was commanded by a big, sturdy Captain. When 
Col. Hale approached him, and in his best Ollendorf Spanish 
demanded a surrender, the answer came back, " Surrender ? 
Nivver, not while' a divvil of us is able to pull a trigger." 
The Si)anish (?) Captain's nationalit}' need not be told you. 
Llowever, the brave Hibernian's men took to their heels when 
we charged the barricade, and the valiant officer was obliged 



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to " surrender." As Col. Hale expressed it, " The only Span- 
iard that showed fight was an Irishman." 

By 2 o'clock the town was ours, and " Old Glory " floated 
on the Ayuntamiento (City Hall), where the defeated Dons 
were stacking their arms. By 2 o'clock also, our ten guns, 
with a plentiflul supply of ammunition, were in readiness at 
Malate. This feat won the admiration of all the foreigners 
and Spaniards in Manila, as about 150 men did what sixty 
horses could not have done under the circumstances (twenty- 
fours to a piece being what we ought to have had according 
to regulations). You must take into consideration that we 
had had ten days of fighting, in mud up to our knees, and 
that for the last two days we had been pulling our pieces into 
position and rebuilding our intrenchments. Next morning 
we thundered through Manila at double-quick time, and took 
for our quarters the administration building. By 7 o'clock 
that night our commissary stores, tentage, caissons, battery- 
wagons — in short, our full equipment, was in INIanila before 
the infantry had pulled a tent-pin. The men were pretty 
well fagged out. For my part, I was kept on the run inter- 
preting for two or three days, till I was unstrung and as slow 
.as a tired horse. But gradually dry quarters, bathing, 
&c., brought me back to my normal cnndition. 

On the 24th of August, just as we were settling down to 
our new life, we received a severe shock. A detail of about 
twelve or fifteen men was sent to Cavite under Quartermaster- 
Sergeant Corey to get some clothing, which had been left 
there in order to lighten our knapsacks for the field opera- 
tions. After the boxes had been loaded on the little steamer, 
and while the men were waiting for their departure. Sergeant 
Cory called Hudson aside and invited him to take a stroll 
about the town. 

Hudson, who had spent all his life " on the range " and 
in mining camps, had those shooting proclivities exhibited 
by men of his type. Some native guards tried to stop his 



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onward course, and he began to remonstrate with them by 
firing his six-shooter in the air as a sort of punctuation to his 
remarks. The Filipinos took to their heels. At this juncture 
Corporal Anderson, a quiet, well-behaved Swede, ran to the 
scene, and while he was engaged in disarming Hudson, the 
Filipinos took courage and fired a volley into them. Hudson 
fell dead instantly, pierced through the heart. Corporal 
Anderson fell also, shot through the lung, and, we thought 
at the time, mortally wounded, but much to the surprise of 
the surgeons, he is recovering. 

The news reached us the next day. We, who had gone 
through a hard campaign without losing a man, had, after 
the whole thing was over, lost one of the best men in the bat- 
tery, a man who did not know what fear was, a man who, 
although rough-textured, was a man in every sense of the 
word. For his bravery on the memorable night of July 31st 
his name went to Washington. As a comrade he was beloved 
by all, as a soldier he won the admiration of both officers 
and men. 

We buried Hudson with all the honors at our command, 
at Paco Cemetery, on the outskirts of Manila, a beautiful 
spot. When " taps " blew over that grave I saw many 
big fellows who had faced shot and shell unflinching rub 
their eyes with their coat-sleeves. The first man of the Utah 
Volunteers was in his last resting place. 

Shortly after this occurred we moved to the Engineers' 
Barracks, at Masig, where Battery A had been quartered, 
and here we are still, leading a very monotonous life. As I 
feel now, I would rather be plain E. de Montalvo at home 
than Major-General in Manila. However, we cannot even 
think of going home until after the results of the meeting of 
the International Congress in Paris are made known. 

Life here is so monotonous that I hate even to describe 
it. The heat is intense, and one has ambition for nothing 
whatever. 



James Mai: rax Rhodes, '97, 

1st Troop Phila. Oity Cav. 

Rhodes enlisted as a private in the First Troop, Phila- 
delphia City Cavalry U. S. V. Along with the others he was 
hustled to Mt. Gretna, on that memoral)le day in April, when, 
in a drizzling rain attended with snow he liad his first ex- 
perience of the hardships of army life. Here he remained 
until July 7th. Moved from Mt. Gretna, Pa., to Camp Alger, 
Va., on July 8th. Removed to Newport News, Va., July 24th. 
Sailed for Porto Rico, July 20th, on the transport " Massa- 
chusetts." Landed at Plaza de Ponce, August 3d. Reached 
Guayama, August 11th, escorting a wagon train there to Gen- 
eral Brooke. Camped at Arroyo till August 13th ; at 
Guayama, till August 24th. Arrived at Ponce on August 
27th, sailed for New York on transport " Mississippi," reach- 
ing home September 3d. 

Charles Gorman Richards, '97, 
Y. M. C. A. work. 

Was with the Pennsylvania Y, M. C. A. force, located 
with General Gobin's brigade at Camp Alger, Va. 



Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

After the blowing up of the " Maine " and the general con- 
dition of affairs seemed to point towards war, I joined Bat. 
A, Pa. Vol., as a private, and was at once instructed in the 
drills ; shortly after war was declared we were called out and 
went into camp at Mt. Gretna, where we remained about 
two weeks ; while here the writer was appointed Corporal. 

We then were mov-ed to Newport News, Va., where we 
watched the ship yard for two months, and were not moles- 
ted except by the native mosquito. 



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We were all glad to receive orders for the front, and on 
the 8th of July, sailed in company with about 800 soldiers for 
Porto Rico, on the transport " Manitoba." 

When we arrived off' Puerto, a harbor of the island, our 
Captain not caring to wait for the Government Pilot, ran us 
in, to a reef from which we were finally taken off, and camped 
for a week around the Cathedral of the Harbor Town (Puerto), 
from there we were moved to the foothills, during this time 
the peace protocol was signed, and the time from there on 
passed so slowly that we were all glad to ship for home on 
the " Mississippi," arriving in New York September 5th. 

As regards our experience, although we were not in act" 
ive service we had a good chance to see the impracticability of 
the volunteer system, and attribute much of the sickness to lack 
of management due to the incapabihty of volunteer officers. 

Walter A. Seymour, '97, 
A.Htor Battery. 

Doubtless you have already been informed through the 
newspapers how I was slightly wounded in the hand during 
the recent battle before Manilla, in which engagement our 
army suff'ered a loss of three killed and seven wounded. After a 
brief sojourn here, during which much time was spent in get- 
ting located and not a little in recovering from the effects of 
the enervating climate, the long-lookcd-for opportunity at 
last came. We moved from the camp to the front very unex- 
pectedly Friday noon, and took our position on the extreme 
right flank, near the field hospital. Here we spent the night. 
Saturday morning, while we were eating our breakfast, the 
trouble Ijcgan. Shot and shell fell all about us. We were 
quickly ordered under cover, and those of us who had not 
yet gotten their breakfast did not linger long enough to ap- 
pease our hunger. The crash of the bullets through the 
woods and an occasional explosion of a shell added greatly to 
our celerity of movement. We soon found what we thought 



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was a safe spot. A little later the fire slackened. Now with 
four guns we made our way by rough by-paths through 
dense undergrowth, and soon found ourselves at the trenches, 
where we took up our position, supported only by native in- 
fantry. No. 1 gun was quickly unlimbered and soon a shell 
was sent crashing through the enemy's intrenchments, about 
250 yards away. Our gun, No. 3, was ready next. We were 
stationed about twenty yards in front of No. 1 (a little to the 
left), and under a native hut, where it was impossible to stand 
upright without the protection of the intrenchments. In a 
short time we were paying our respects to the enemy with all 
due propriety and dispatch. The opposition evidently 
noticed our warm, fraternal greeting, for after we had fired 
about fifteen rounds we had a return call in the shape of a 
well-directed shell. It passed right though the wheels of the 
piece, knocking out two spokes. The force of the concussion 
threw me backward over the trail, and the splinters from the 
shattered wheel struck me in the back of the right hand. 
My left hand was also cut a little and I received two small 
scratches on the face. Two of the felloAvs helped me to the 
hospital, where my hands were dressed, and there I stayed 
for some time, recovering from the effects of the shock, which 
dazed me considerably. 

After I left the scene of action the Spaniards retreated 
from the intrenchments at which we were firing, and our boys 
took the guns u}) the roads after them at a run, even leading 
the infantry, which is usually supposed to be first in such 
cases. They had advanced some little distance when they 
found the Spanish again intrenched in a very strong position 
across a narrow road. The guns were wheeled around and 
the battery started to open fire, but the breeches had become 
clogged with sand and mud so that it was impossible to use 
them. At this point the infantry retreated on account of the 
fierceness of the fire, for the bullets were coming down the 
road in a perfect rain. 



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General MacArthiir, chief of our Ijrigade, seeing the de- 
moralized condition of affairs, called for a Captain volunteer 
to lead a (charge and carry the earthworks by storm. Our 
Captain pulled out his revolver and about thirty of our 
fellows dashed up the road, the men firing their pistols as 
they ran, but the enemy's position was so strong and their 
fire so fierce, that the men had to stop about one-hundred 
yards from the Spanish line and get under cover. In a few 
minutes more our fellows tried again, and this time had no 
trouble, as the Spaniards fled to the city, where our army 
immediately followed. Most of the fighting was done on the 
right flank, the left of tlie line entering the city some three 
hours before. That night we were in full possession, and the 
next day had a chance to walk about and see the city. 

Fred V. V. Shaw, '97, 

Co. A, 7MN. y. Vol Inf. 

We left our armory, at Thirty-fourth street and Park 
Avenue, on the 2nd day of May, proceeding to Camp Black, 
Hempstead, L. I., where we were mustered into the U. S. 
service on the 11th. Three days later we received our orders 
to move south, our destination being Lakeland, Fla. After a 
two weeks' encampment at Lakeland we proceeded to Tampa, 
where the Fifth Army Corps were being assembled ])revious 
to their embarkation on the transports for Cuba, ^\'e made 
up part of the First Brigade of the First Division of the Fifth 
Army Corps, under Major-General Shafter. We left Tampa 
for Port Tampa on the 5th of June, and were aboard the 
boat assigned us the following night. The transport which 
we had, was, I should judge, one of the best of the thirty-odd 
sent with our expedition. I don't mean in point of comfort, 
for our quarters were the same as the rest of the troops had, 
but she would strike one as being more seaworthy. For eigljt 
days we sweltered under a Florida sun, anchored in the bay, 
and when we fmally weighed anchor, on the evening of the 



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14th, we were in the best of spirits. We were subject to the 
severest discipline aboard the boat, and as the trip became so 
monotonous a great many men naturally chafed at orders we 
were subject to. But there was always some one who would 
take them in hand and enliven things, so that, during the entire 
trip, we really had but one thing to " kick at," and that was 
the dreadful grub and water we had to put up with. The 
transport fleet, once it was under way, was a sight never to 
be forgotten. The transports steamed in three distinct 
columns, with the battleship " Indiana " leading one, and two 
cruisers the other two. We were flanked by the " Cincin- 
nati," " Detroit," " Wasp," " Castine," " Hornet," " Wilming- 
ton," " Helena," " Wampatuck," and two torpedo boats. 
Several times the fleet would heave to while one of the 
cruisers would steam away in search of some of the enemy's 
boats, which we afterwards learned were sup])osed to be 
lurking along the Cuban coast to intercept us. Finally, on the 
21st, we were off the entrance to the harbor of Santiago, and 
for the first time saw how eff'ectually a port may be l)lockaded. 
The following day some troops were landed at Baiquiri, about 
eight miles east of Siboney, which was afterwards made our 
base of supplies. There was a small Spanish force there, 
which was totally routed by a few shells from our gunboats, 
which were also called upon to render the same service at 
Siboney, where we made our landing on the night of the 23rd. 
All the troops were landed in surf ])oats, which were towed as 
near shore as possible, when we jumped into the surf and 
waded ashore. Every man had his roll, consisting of a 
blanket, poncho and half of a "pup tent," or shelter tent, 
ninety-five rounds of ammunition, rifle, canteen and haver- 
sack, containing three daj^s' rations. We started to disem- 
bark at 11:30 P. M., assisted by the powerful searchlight of 
the auxiliary cruiser " St. Louis," and had all our men ashore 
by 2 A. M. Other transports were unloading during the 
entire night and for the greater part of the next day. Fires 



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were built to enable the men to dry themselves, so that there 
was little or no sleep for any one that night. Early the next 
morning General Wheeler's division of cavalry came in from 
Baiquiri, where they had landed the day before, and after a 
brief halt were marched up the two trails leading toward 
Santiago, the First and Tenth (colored) Cavalry taking what 
was termed the valley trail, and the Rough Riders, under 
Colonel Wood, taking the mountain trail. These two trails 
joined at a distance of three and a half miles back, where it 
is supposed the Spaniards had retreated when we landed at 
Siboney. I should judge it was about 10 o'clock when word 
came into Siboney for reinforcements, and we, together with 
four or five other regiments, were hurriedly sent forward to 
the assistance of those in advance. However, by the time we 
reached them our troops had succeeded in dislodging the 
enemy and driving them to Santiago. This was called the 
battle of Las Guasimas, and was the first chance our men had 
of showing the Spaniards how the American soldiers fight. 
Every one knows how a few of our men dislodged and put to 
rout an enemy that was strongly intrenched and numerically 
stronger. The next few days we were busily engaged in 
unloading supplies and ammunition, which had to be brought 
up to the beach in small boats, owing to the fact that there 
was no wharf or pier. This necessitated our stripping and 
wading out into the surf, carrying the l)0xes ashore on our bare 
shoulders ; all this while exposed to the tropical sun in the 
latter part of June, so naturally we suffered severely from 
sunburn. The following Monday we moved up the trail to a 
point about four miles from the S})anish outposts and 
assisted in making roads to enable us to bring up our artil- 
lery. While in the field every man has his rations issued to 
him individually, and is his own cook. As the ration was 
invariably the same — namely, salt pork, hardtack and cofi'ee, 
no one had much of an opportunity to display his genius in 
the culinary line. Finally, Thursday night, we received 



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orders to break camp the following morning at 3 o'clock. 
Every one was up and we were ready to march at 3:45. The 
heavy rains which were accustomed to make their appearance 
every afternoon had made the trail a veritable quagmire; 
thus as we dragged ourselves along through the swampy 
places and over the rough hills, with an occasional stream to 
ford, a fellow had plenty of opportunity to relieve his feelings. 
Our brigade was halted about a mile from El Pozo Hill, 
where Grimes' Battery was hammering away at the block- 
house on the crest of San Juan hill, while the war balloon 
was being sent up across the way. About half an hour later 
our orders came to advance, and, slowly moving along the 
narrow trail two by two, until we had passed around and 
under |E1 Pozo, where we heard the first whistle of the 
Mauser, we were ordered to throw off our rolls. Nearly every 
one dropped his haversack at the same time. Being light- 
ened of our rolls, we could advance much more rapidly, but 
had not gone far when we came to a spot where the trail 
turned to the left, taking us through an impenetrable jungle^ 
it being impossible to see twenty feet on either side. The 
enemy had sharp-shooters stationed in the trees on both 
sides, so that they had a cross-fire on us, but the fact that they 
used smokeless powder, together with the thick undergrowth, 
made it impossible to determine where they were located ; 
besides, our orders were to advance until we reached a stream, 
where we were to deploy on the left of the Sixth Infantry 
regulars. Once we were halted under this fire to permit the 
Gatlings to pass, which were being brought up from the rear, 
and several of our men were wounded during this halt. 
Owing to the fact that this trail had never been reconnoitered, 
we stopped again while the Colonel sent his orderly ahead to 
locate our position. He returned in a few moments, stating 
that the stream was about sixty yards further on. Just as he 
made his report I was shot through the side of the left leg, 
and for the moment my foot was paralyzed. I was, therefore, 



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assisted a short distance to the rear, where I procured a first- 
aid package and had my leg bound up. The trail was now 
filled with men hobbling back; some were lying there dead, 
others dying, while the few hospital corps men who had 
advanced that far were doing their best to dress the wounds 
of those who were badly hit. Procuring a " Krag " from a 
regular who was dead, and throwing away my Springfield, I 
went up in search of my regiment. When I reached the 
firing line I found myself with the Sixth Infantry, where I 
remained the rest of the day. We lay on the liank chiefly 
volley-firing at their intrenchments, Init there was nothing to 
shoot at, exce])t when a straw hat bobbed up; that was a 
signal for every man to fire. We Avere, of course, unable to 
determine the effect of our firing until we made the charge in 
the afternoon, when we saw the Spaniards piled four and five 
deep in the trenches. In the charge up the hill there were 
no formations. Regiments and companies were all mingled 
in with one another in an indescribable manner. After the 
capture of the blockhouse, and while we were halted and 
deployed on the crest of the hill, I was shot through the right 
ankle, having previously received a second scratch on the left 
leg. The feeling as the Inillet passed through my ankle was 
a shar]) pain for a moment, and then, as my ankle began to 
swell, it was paralyzed, so that I did not suffer any, with the 
exception of my inaljility to use it. The hospital was about 
four and a half miles to the rear, and as there were no means 
of transportation, I, in company with a fellow who was 
wounded in the left leg, had to depend on our hands and 
knees. When we reached the trail we were again targets for 
the invisible sharj)-shooters, so that the excitement was as 
great as when we were advancing, if not greater. At times, 
while we were resting, the bullets would be striking all around 
us, showing that the enemy were not as bad marksmen ashore 
as afloat. Frequently we saw men, returning as we were, 
shot again and again, and once I saw a man in a litter shot. 



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as well as one of the men who were assisting in caiTving him. 
After reaching the division hospital we were pla(!ed in army 
wagons and sent over the mountains to Sihoney, a distance of 
eight miles, the travelling of which consumed twelve hours. 
This was owing to the fact that the wagons jammed in the 
trail by meeting another wagon coming up, and also the 
mules stampeded once u])on hearing some shots fired, throw- 
ing out several men, of whom I was one. I reached Sihoney 
Saturday morning, and was kept there until Tuesday, the 
5th, when, with 322 other men, I was put aboard the trans- 
port " Cherokee " and sent, as we supi)osed, to Key West. 
When we arrived at Key West, Friday afternoon, we received 
orders to proceed to Port Tampa, but did not receive any 
rations, and, as we were now out, we had to make the best of 
it until we reached Port Tampa, Saturday evening at 6:30. 
Again disappointment awaited us, as the hospital train did 
not come down for us until Sunday morning at 5 o'clock. 
But when they came they had nothing aboard, so we 
had to wait until we ran into Tampa, at 8 A. M., when we 
received all that the soldiers who had been left behind had 
to give. Here it was that I got the first potato and fresh 
meat since leaving, the first week in June, and it was then 
the 11th of July. If you could only realize hoAv good the 
potato was, I am sure you would forgive the fact of my 
dwelling on it. The train, after being wrecked at High 
Springs, Fla., at midnight on Sunday, reached Fort Mc- 
Pherson, Ga., about 4 P. M. Monday. After being here two 
days I had my first bath since the 26th of June, and such 
luxuries were beginning to make me feel civilized once more. 
Two weeks more I was marked '' able to travel," and re- 
ceived a sixty-day furlough, and reached home the 27th day 
of July, considerably thinner than when I left, and a little 
lame. Since I returned I have gained twenty-seven pounds, 
and my ankle, although still weak and causing me to limp a 
little, is rapidly getting strong, so that it will, I believe, be as 



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strong as ever. Although my regiment has lost over 100 
men from wounds' and fever, I can truthfully say I am proud 
to have been a member of it, and, from the reception which we 
received on our return to our armory, I am sure the people 
of New York appreciated our humble efforts to defend our 
country's flag. Notwithstanding all the criticism that has 
been made concerning the unnecessary hardships which the 
troops of the Santiago campaign were compelled to undergo, 
you must bear in mind that when men go to the front they 
must expect hardships, and, expecting them, they are not 
surprised at the many little things which cannot be foreseen, 
and therefore obviated. I am sure that any man who was 
in the Cuban campaign will readily testify to the same thing. 

L. H. Shearer, '97, 
Y. M. a A. 

My summer of 1898 was spent with the United States 
Army at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga., whither I 
went about the middle of June to help, as far as I could, in 
the Y. M. C. A. work there. 

This work, like many kindred organizations in the army, 
had for its purpose the alleviation of the hardships which 
Uncle Sam's boys endured, and in counteracting, as far as 
possible, the temptations which surround the life of an army 
in camp. It was largely humanitarian in character, although, 
of course, it was accompanied by much distinctively religious 
work. 

I had the task of caring for one of the " reading-room 
tents" (60x40 feet), which was supplied with daily papers, 
magazines, religious papers, checkers, chess, carroms, etc. 
Pai)er, ink and pens were supplied to the soldiers gratuitously. 
A small circulating library of about forty volumes, and a 
^' post oflicc " constituted part of the ec^uipment. I have, in 
one day, sold postage stamps to tlie amount of seventy-two 



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dollars' worth, and handled from one thousand to twelve 
hundred pieces of outgoing mail. 

The soldiers showed their appreciation of the tent by 
their constant presence. The chaplain held two regular 
Sunday services and one week-day service. 

My business hours lasted from 5:30 A. M. to 10 P. M., 
without much intermission, so you see I didn't idle away 
much time. Besides the general duties connected with the 
tent, I was considered a walking bureau of information, and 
at times even an amanuensis for some of those unable to 
write — at least to write English. Love letters were the usual 
form of correspondence required. 

Of course I " experienced " the regulation inconveniences 
incident to camp life. I slept at times in tents some of which 
leaked from above, some from below. In the latter instance, 
I found it necessary to attach rocks to my few belongings to 
keep them from being washed away by the stream which 
ran, at a depth of six inches, through my sleeping apartment. 

Occasionally I " dined " on hard tack and coffee, and 
sometimes not at all. Needless to say, our appetites were not 
always increased by the sights that were sometimes forced 
upon us. I remember one day seeing, travelling along a dusty 
road, two large open wagons piled extremely high with 
chunks of bacon (mostly fat). Directly upon the topmost 
chunks sat the colored drivers, each with his feet propped 
against chunks a little lower down. 

I found it necessary before completing my course in 
army life to spend a few days in a camp hospital. I received 
the very best of care, and left the place favorably impressed. 
I really think I was very fortunate to fall into such good 
hands, for some of the hospitals there were far from inviting 
places. I trust, however, you did not believe in all the terri- 
ble newspaper stories relating to Camp Thomas. They were, 
I know, in many cases inconceivably exaggerated. 



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Not the least of my experiences was my association with 
80 many men of such varied types and classes. This was for 
me really an education in itself Most of the time I messed 
with the regimental officers. Thus I obtained some idea of 
an officer's life as well as a })rivate's. I always received from 
every one the most courteous treatment. 

You cannot imagine how pleasant it seemed to run 
across Princeton men now and then at Chickamauga. I 
assure you, we never needed any introduction when our 
college affiliations became known. 

I returned home early in September, after spending a 
summer that I shall never regret. However, I am glad to 
get back to my medical studies again. I left camp just in 
time to escape typhoid, in which I am very fortunate. 

Alfred Oscar Andersson, Ex '97, 
War Correspondent. 

Andersson, as war correspondent, representing a com- 
bination including some of the leading newspapers in the 
West, contributed a series of interesting articles upon the 
operations at the front. From the excellence of his style, 
the entertaining manner in which the facts are presented, 
and the amount of personal experience they disclose, they 
are interesting reading. 

At the time war was declared, Andersson was engaged in 
a journalistic capacity with the " Kansas City World," but 
accejoted a position as war correspondent for the Scripps- 
McRae League, and was at Chickamauga, April 15th to May 
14th ; at Mobile, May 14th to 21st ; at Tampa, May 21st to 
June 2()tb, when he was ordered to Santiago. After spend- 
ing six days on board the " Olivette," sailing orders were 
countermanded, as the league had made different arrange- 
ments, and he returned home to become assistant city editor 
of the " Kansas City World." On the 8th of August he was 
summoned to Cincinnati by the league and sent at once to 



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Porto Rico, sailing from New York on the " Concho," August 
13th, and arriving at Porto Rico on the 20th. Andersson's 
correspondence is published in the " Cleveland Press." " Cin- 
cinnati Post," "St. Louis Chronicle," "Kentucky Post," and 
"Kansas City World." 

Arthur Fletcher Cassels, Ex '97, 
Second Lieut. 7th U. S. Art. 

Second Lieutenant in Battery Q of the Seventh Artillery. 
Was stationed at Fort Slocum, N. Y., all summer. 

Richard Everitt Dwight, Ex '97, 
Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

Enlisted as a private in Battery A, Pa. U. S. V. Saw 
service in Porto Rico. 

Frank Warner Emmons, Ex '97, 

Third Hospital Div., 1th Corps. 

In Jvily, '98, he enlisted as a private in the Hospital Divi- 
sion of the regular army, and expected to go to Porto Rico with 
the army of invasion, but he arrived with his division too late 
to enter the service, and was assigned to the Third Hospital 
Division, Seventh Army Corps, under General Lee. He was 
soon after promoted on a competitive examination to the 
rank of acting hospital steward, and assigned, under the head 
steward, to be in charge of the operating tent. He was act- 
ing in that capacity when the last report was received from 
him. He was expecting, however, to be promoted very soon 
to the rank of steward, the major of the division having rec- 
ommended him for such promotion. He writes also that his 
division was awaiting orders to get ready to go to Cuba with 
the army of occupation. 

He expects after obtaining some practical experience 
through this service, to complete his course in medicine, and 
possibly to enter the army as a surgeon. 



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Albert C. Fulton, Ex '97, 
1st Conn. Vol. Inf. 

I enlisted with the 1st Conn. Vol. Inf. at the first call for 
Volunteers., and was with that regiment just five months. 

We saw no active service, as the regiment was at Camp 
Alger most of the time. 

Previous to going to Camp Alger the regiment was divided 
up for coast defense, and Co. K, with which Co. I enlisted, 
was assigned to duty at Portland, Me. We were there about 
six weeks and the regiment was then reunited and sent to 
Camp Alger, where we remained until about Sept. 15. 

I was a private when I enlisted and unlike some other 
great soldiers I was a '' private " when I was discharged. 

From my " discharge " I copy the following : 
" Albert C. Fulton- 
Enlisted May 7th, '98. Honorably discharged, because 
of the mustering out of the regiment, and paid in full S35.40, 
Oct. 31st, 1898." 

Edward B. Kent, Ex '97, 
U. S. S. Badger. 
I enlisted in the New Jersey Naval Reserves at Hoboken 
on May 22d, and on May 27th was sworn into the United 
States service as a landsman on the U. S. S. " Badger." We 
left New York on June 7th, and after patrolling the New 
England coast until June 26th, were ordered south. We 
arrived off" Havana July 4th, and from then until August 
20th we were engaged in blockade work. On July 5th, with 
the " Hawk " and " Castine," we pursued and destroyed the 
" Alphonso XIII," and also destroyed the sand batteries at 
Mariel. In this engagement I was slightly wounded in the 
shoulder. 

On July 26th, off Nuevitaa, we captured three Spanish 
ships and destroyed the auxiliary tug-boat Yumuri. August 
8th t(nvii of Nuevitas surrendered to us. August 10th we 



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were ordered to Guantanamo to join Watson's Spanish squad- 
ron. August 20th we were sent north, and after lying at 
Boston and League Island yards, were mustered out of the 
service on the 7th of October. 

William E. K. Mittendorf, M. D., Ex '97, 
Acting Asst. Surg. U. S. A. 

I was mustered into regular service early in August, 1898. 
On the completion of the U. S. hospital ship, Missouri, I was 
assigned to duty on this ship, ranking as First Lieut., and re- 
mained with the ship until the end of the war. We made 
our maiden trip to Santiago where we remained two weeks, 
and then returned with over three hundred of Gen. Shafter's 
sick and wounded whom we brought to Camp WikofF. We 
then made trips to Ponce, Mayaguez and Arroyo in Puerto 
Rico, carrying the sick and wounded back to the States. We 
then went to Savannah under General Lee, and went with 
him to Havana where we were stationed as a receiving ship 
in the harbor. After receiving our share of the sick we re- 
turned to Savannah where I left the service after the formal 
surrender of Havana by the Spaniards. 

Mittendorf 's position as Surgeon in the Army brought 
him into contact with much that would make interesting 
reading. 

Dr. Mittendorf graduated from the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons, New York, in June 1898. He writes that he 
has distinguished himself chiefly in escaping newspaper 
censure. 

William W. Silvey, Ex '97, 
2d N. J. Vol. Inf. 
Was with N. J. Volunteers at Jacksonville. 

Robert S. Brooks, '98, 

First Lieiot. 2nd U. S. Vol. Eng. 
I left Princeton early in May, enlisted as a private in 
Company C, Second N. J.V. Infantry, at Sea Girt, New Jersey. 



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I went with that regiment to Jacksonville, Fla., where I 
was engaged in camp engineering for the Seventh Corps. 
Late in June I was discharged and appointed First Lieutenant 
of Engineers (2nd U. S. V. Engr's). About this time I was 
stricken with an almost fatal attack of swamp fever. A thirty- 
day leave was granted, during which I partially recovered. 
In September I reported to my Colonel at Camp WikofiF, 
Montauk, Long Island, and was assigned to Company A. 
From iMontauk we came via U. S. transport " Michigan " to 
Savannah, Georgia, and I once more found myself in the 
Seventh Corps. 

Early in November five of our officers were detached 
and sent to Cuba, among them my Captain. 

I was then officially assigned to the command of Com- 
pany A. 

About the end of November we came via Port Tampa, 
which is within the city limits of Havana. 

Fortunately, Company A got off the lighter and on to 
the landing first ; thus it can be truthfully said that a Prince- 
ton man was in command of the first company of United 
States troops that landed in the Province of Havana. 

James H. Caldwell, Jr., '98, 

Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

Left College May 4th, and enlisted at ]\It. Gretna as a 
private in Light battery A, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, 
of Philadelphia, May 6th, 1898. 

Was moved to Newport News May 10th, where we were 
stationed to guard the ship yards. 

June 12th, received five days' furlough and returned to 
Princeton and received diploma with my class. 

August 5th, sailed on transport " Manitoba " for Porto 
Rico under General Grant. August 12th, landed at harbor 
of Ponce. Was stationed in mountains until September 3rd^ 
then sailed for America on transport " Mississippi.'^ 



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Landed at New York September 10th, went to Philadel- 
phia, and was given two months' furlough. Received my 
discharge November 19th, 1898, at Philadelphia. 

Benjamin Coates, '98, 

First Troop Phila. City Cnv. 

June 11th. Enlisted as private in First Troop Phila- 
delphia City Cavalry, U. S. V., and went to Camp Hastings, 
Mt. Gretna, Pa. 

July 7th. Moved to Camp Alger, Va. 

July 24th. Moved to Newport News, Va. 

July 28th. Sailed on transport No. 22, " Massachusetts," 
for Porto Rico. 

While in Porto Rico was in General Brooke's corps. 

Returned September 3rd. Sailed from Ponce on " Mis- 
sissippi;" arrived in New York September 10th. 

Mustered out of U. S. V. service November 14th. 

Eugene T. Dewitt, '98, 

First U. S. Vol. Eng. 

Was a private in Company B, 1st Regt. U. S. Vol. Eng., 
and served three months in Porto Rico. 



William Wilson Drake, '98, 

Troop A, N. Y. Vol Cav. 

As a private in Troop A, N. Y. Cavalry, he was first at 
Camp Black and later at Camp Alger. Embarked from New- 
port News for Porto Rico. Landed at Ponce and served with 
his troop as escort to General Miles, He was detached for 
service in paymaster's guard, and travelled as far as Guamo. 

He speaks enthusiastically of the climate of Porto Rico, 
and makes light of the hardships he suffered. 



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Harrison Hall, '98, 

Second Lieut. 5th U. S. Art. 

On leaving Princeton early in June, I took a position in 
the Quartermaster's Department at Chickamauga; was 
ordered to New York the latter part of June, for examination 
for commission in the regular army ; commissioned a Second 
Lieutenant of Artillery, and assigned to Battery 0, Fifth U. S. 
Artillery, July 9th, stationed at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., 
where I have since been. 

Ralph W. Hench, '98, 

Corp. First U. S. Vol. Eng. 

I enlisted on the <Jth of July, going into camp at Peeks- 
kill, N. Y., was assigned to Company I, and mustered in as 
first-class private. After about four weeks of instruction, my 
regiment sailed to Porto Rico on the transport Chester, ar- 
riving there about the 12th of August. Was promoted to be 
Corporal about September 1st. 

While in Porto Rico my battalion was most of the time 
part of the garrison of the city of Ponce. We left the island 
on the transport Minnewaska, reaching New York, November 
25th. We were then given two months' furlough and mus- 
tered out on January 25th, 1899. 

James M. Hitzrot, '98, 

Troop A, Md. Vol. /«/. 

I enlisted in Troop A, Md. N. G., in May, 1898. The troop 
was not called out on duty of any kind, so that I have no 
record to give. 

James Rowland Hughes, '98. 
Second N. J. Vol. Inf. 

Enlisted in Company G, Second New Jersey Volunteer 
Infantry, at Sea Girt, New Jersey, on May 10th, 1898. 



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The regiment was placed in the Seventh Arm}- C6rps 
under General Lee, at Jacksonville, Florida, and remained at 
that place until ordered home for mustering out, which took 
place at Paterson, New Jersey, November 21st, 1898. 

I was a private through the entire term of my service. 

Addison W. Kelly, '98, 

Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

Burt H. Leonard, '98, 

Tenth Pa. Vol. Inf. 

He is in Company I, Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, at 
Manila. He enlisted last June and went to Manila with the 
company. When last heard from, he was sick with malarial 
fever. 

The following abstract of a letter written to a friend is of 
interest : 

" Manila is an old city, half Spanish, half native, and 
woefully out of date. Streets are haphazard and crooked, 
continually varying in width and poorly paved and drained. 
No sewer system exists, and only modern means of draining 
low-lying, fiat cities is feasible. Property rights are not 
carefully preserved, and there will be any amount of work for 
a young lawyer when our government gets into good work- 
ing order. If public improvements are out of date, so are the 
business interests. Imagine the chance for Americans to 
compete with Spanish and native merchants, who do not 
carry good stock, do not advertise, and act like lords when 
you call out your business, and if they have not exactly 
what you wish they turn away, neither offering a substitute 
nor seeking your further wishes. There are only two com- 
mon carriers, the Manila horse-car line and the Manila and. 
Dagupan Railway, extending to Dagupan on the coast about 
one hundred and twenty miles north. What an opportunity 
for American capital to develop the transportation facilities, — 



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■capital, yes, capital has all the chance in the Philippines. 
Where young fellows like ourselves without capital have 
an oi)portunity I don't know, unless it will be in government 
positions. Slow transportation is accomplished by means of 
the caribou or water Iniffalo attached to a two-wheeled cart. 
Passengers move in the two-wheeled carremato drawn by 
undersized horses. But the bulk of goods is carried by the 
Chinese and natives on the shoulders by means of poles. In 
this way four men will Ijring a wagon-load of hay ; in this 
way rice, sugar, household furniture, wood, almost everything 
is carried. I have seen four men carrying a piano by means 
of two poles. Two will carry a pig to market, the pig's feet 
tied together and a pole run through. Once I shouldered a 
pole from which was suspended two piles of wood, but I 
couldn't manage it, although it was only a boy.who was bear- 
ing it to market. Such are the transportation methods. 

" Such a thing as ' one price ' does not exist. If you in- 
tend to l)uy anything you must haggle wdth the seller. If 
you do not accept it at his price he is rather disai)pointed. I 
know for one, I should prefer to deal with Americans. 

" There is little need to write more of opportunities. 
You can see how a man of modern genius could not but 
succeed in the high classes of work and in the professions. 
Native labor is abundant and cheap, but it is seldom skillful 
with instruments, and, although intelligent to a certain point, 
beyond that could not compete with the average American. 
But those things which are going to be profitable are rice, 
sugar and coffee production, and after all, as is the case in 
the Hawaiian Islands, capital is the thing. Native and 
Chinese labor will assist it well enough. 

" I doubt whether the money earned will comjiensate for 
the disadvantages. Imagine being cut oif from society, even 
from English speaking people. One of the reasons why the 
war fever died out in many was that commencement week 
was near at hand." 



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Herbert McDermott, '98. 

}: M. a A. Tent, 2nd N. J. Vol. 

May 26tli. Left College for Sea Girt, N. J., to act as assist- 
ant secretary in the Y. ]\I. C. A. tent of the Second New Jersey 
Volunteers. A week later, accompanied the Second New 
Jersey to Jacksonville, Fla., and there held the position of 
associate secretary. 

A short time after my arrival my associate and I, under 
the supervision of the Army and Navy Christian Commis- 
sion, were put in charge of the Y. M. C. A. work of a brigade, 
of which the Second New Jersey was a member. 

August 1st, my associate having to give up the work on 
account of ill health, I took charge of the work of the brigade. 

September 7th. Resigned to return to Princeton to 
enter the Theological Seminary, and the same day the Second 
New" Jersey, which I had accompanied to Florida, and with 
■which I was most closely connected in my work, received 
official notice that they would soon be mustered out. 

William M. Scott, '98, 

First U. S. Vol. Eng. 

Enlisted in Philadelphia, Co. B 1st U. S. Vol. Eng., on 
June 22nd, 1898. Left Peekskill for Puerto Rico on August 
5th. Arrived at Ponce on August 14th. Reached New Y^ork 
on Nov. 26th, and was mustered out of service January 25th, 
1899. 

Thomas J. Skillman, '98, 

Corporal Co. B, 1st U. S. Vol. Eng. 

Was stationed at Camp Townsend, Peekskill, for a 
short time, then sent to Porto Rico, reaching that place on 
August 15th. The First Battahon, to which I belonged, then 
left Ponce and moved inland about twenty miles to a place 
called Coamo. While there we repaired three bridges that 



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the Spanish had blown up. The other battaHons repaired 
mihtary roads, forts, and built an ice plant and reservoir for 
the hospital at Ponce. 

We were on the island three months, leaving there 
November 18th on transport " Minnewaska." 



Harold P. Smith, '98, 

Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

Harold Perry Smith served with Battery A, Pennsylvania 
Light Artillery, during their Porto Rican campaign. He 
became sick upon the transport " Mississippi," which left 
Porto Rico on September ord. Immediately upon his arrival 
in New York he was taken to his home in Nyack, and seemed 
to be improving. On September 12th he had a violent re- 
lapse, and died about 3 o'clock that afternoon. 

Mr. Smith was born in 1877. He prepared for college at 
Sedgwick Institute, Great Barrington, Mass. While in 
college he was one of the popular men in his class, and a 
member of the 'Varsity Glee Club for three years. 



Alex. M. Stewart, Jr., '98, 

Battery A, Penn. Vol. Art. 

1 was a private in Light Battery A, Pennsylvania Vol- 
unteers. Enrolled May 6th to serve two years or during the 
war. Discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., November 19th, 1898. 

Left the United States on August 5th, 1898, on expedition 
to Porto Rico, and returned September 10th, same year. 

A. E. CoMSTOcK, Ex '98, 

71st R Y. Vol. Inf. 

I served as a private in Company C of the Seventy-first 
New York Volunteers. Was in the ))attle of Las Guasimaa 



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(support) on June 24th, '98; also in the charge on San Juan 
hill, July 1st, '98 ; the siege of Santiago on the 10th and 11th 
of July, '98, and present at the surrender of Santiago, July 
17th, '98. Returning to Camp Wikoft', thence home on 
furlough of sixty days, and finally mustered out of the U. S. 
service, November 15th, '98. 

E. L. D. Breckinridge, Ex '98, 
Second Lieut. U. S. A. 

W. DeWitt, M.D., Ex '98, 
Surgeon U. S. A. 

Mark E. Evans, Ex '98, 
First Wise. Vol. Inf. 

At Jacksonville, Fla., during the war. Has recently re- 
covered from a violent attack of typhoid fever. Was a private 
in Co. M, 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. 

He writes: "While at Jacksonville I saw Hughes, 
Brooks ajid McDermott, of my class, frequently. McDermott 
was attached to the 2nd N. J. (in which Brooks and Hughes 
were privates), in connection with a Y. M. C. A. commission. 
He deserves credit for his work there. Most of the fellows 
were only too glad to keep out of the heat, but McDermott 
was out in it day after day working up to the limit. It was 
a pleasure to meet him, for he was always in a good humor, 
and he must have been invaluable when the 2nd N. J. had 
more than 250 men unfit for duty with typhoid and malaria. 
Hughes and Brooks practically superintended the construc- 
tion of the corps rifle range. 

Russell W. Howland, Ex '98, 
U. S. S. Yankee. 

R. H. Jamison, Ex '98, 

10th Pa. Vol. Inf. 

Is with Co. I in his regiment at Manila. 



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E. F. Wetzell, Ex '98, 

Jfth Batt. U. S. Naval Reserves. 

James H. Northrup, '99, 

Y. M. a A., 3rd N. J. Vol. Inf. 

I was with the Third New Jersey Volunteers from June 
let to September 1st, not as an enhsted man, but as a repre- 
sentative of the Y. M. C. A. of New Jersey. 

First, I spent seven weeks at Sandy Hook with the 
Second and Third Battalions of the regiment. The remaining 
time I was at Pompton Lakes, N. J., where the regiment 
mobilized before going to Georgia. 

My work consisted of keeping a tent in order for writing, 
supplying stationery and reading matter, keeping the ice 
water tank filled, visiting the sick in the hospital tent and 
getting them proper food, umpiring baseball games between 
different companies, teaching a Bible class of soldiers, doing 
personal work among them, conducting gospel meetings 
under the Ijig tent nightly, and occasionally addressing the 
regiment assembled in front of the Colonel's tent, Sunday 
mornings, in the Chaplain's absence. 

John R. Brewer, Ex '99, 
10th Pa. Vol. Inf. 

Malolos, p. I., April 12, 1S99.— I will attempt to de- 
scribe the manoeuvres of the 2d Division, 8th Army Corps, 
during the closing days of March. It was a bushwhacking 
campaign from start to finish, for which the country between 
Malolos and Manila is well adapted. The country is inter- 
spersed with deep streams at intervals of about every two to 
three miles. The vegetation is very dense along their banks, 
and as regularly as we would come to one of these streams 
we would find the enemy entrenched on the far bank and we 
would have a very interesting time until we could find some 
means of getting across and dislodging them. The country 



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between these streams is perfectly level and open, and, of 
course, no resistance was offered in it. We grew to dread 
every clump of trees, and when we saw the tree line extend- 
ing as far as the eye could reach we knew we were up against 
it. As soon as we would come within range (2000 yards; the 
enemy would open up on us and it was magnificent to see 
that long line of brown sweep steadily onward. No one wav- 
ering, all pressing forward in the face of a fire that I do not 
believe many armies in the world could have withstood. But 
these fellows just went on as if it was some piece of business 
with which they were perfectly fiimiliar and a thing which 
they had been doing all their lives. Then when we would 
come to within 100 yards of the trees, the bugle would blow 
the charge and away we would go on the run to find our- 
selves on the banks of a stream with the enemy blazing away 
from the other side. A bridge would be found, or some 
boats, and over we would go to find the enemy gone and 
nothing in sight for miles. They seemed to drop into the 
ground. One minute they would be shooting at you and the 
next they would have mysteriously disappeared. Then 
would come another stretch of open country, then another 
wood, another stream, more shooting, no enemy to he found 
after we had crossed it. This repeated from hour to hour and 
day to-day was extremely monotonous, especially when all 
you get to eat for a whole day was one half pound of salmon 
and two or three hardtack. One day my share of the rations 
was one hardtack and two spoonfuls of the canned beef they 
are raising such a howl about back in the states. Do not 
think I am complaining, such things can't l)e helped when 
an army is advancing as rapidly as we went. It is nearly 
impossible for wagon trains, etc., to keep within five miles of 
us. Another hard thing to meet was the water question. The 
hot sun created terrific thirst, and it was no unusual thing 
for the fellows to drink three or four canteens of it a day. 
Nearly all the water is alkaline, and it was with the greatest 



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difficulty we could manage to get any water that would 
quench our thirst. If ever a well was found it was quickly 
emptied, yet through all these hardships the majority, in fact 
the great majority, kept their health, myself among the num- 
ber. On the night of the 24th of March the division was ar- 
ranged for the move to be made at 5 a. m., as follows : 3rd 
Brigade, Gen. Wheaton, left resting on the bay, in front of 
Caloocan; 13th Minnesota, 2nd Oregon, 22nd Regular, 3rd 
Regular. 1st Brigade, Gen. Otis ; 20th Kansas, 1st Montana, 
2nd Artillery acting as Infantry. 2nd Brigade, Gen. Hale ?" 
10th Pennsylvania, 1st South Dakota, 1st Nebraska. 4th 
Brigade (to occupy the trenches which we were to leave) 1st 
■Colorado, 4th Infantry ; 2 Bat. 17th Infantry ; 4th Cavalry 
was in charge of the wagon train and followed us. The line 
moved on Caloocan as a pivot. 

The country through which the Tenth passed that day 
was different from that we afterward traversed. It was very 
mountainous and some places reminded me exactly of Devil's 
Den at Gettysburg. After we got started there was not much 
resistance offered the Tenth during the first day. The enemy 
seemed completely taken by surprise at our advance and 
hunted their holes with great swiftness. We made an eight 
mile advance that day, capturing Novaliches at about 4 p. m. 
We were then moved over near the Malabon water works, a 
little to the left of it to fill up a gap between Kansas and 
Montana. In fact it seemed to be impossible for regiments to 
keep in touch with each other that day. At one time we were 
lost from South Dakota, who were on our right, and had not 
been able to effect a junction with Montana on our left since 
early in the morning. At another time the companies of our 
own regiment became separated, and H and I were the only 
two which the Colonel could find. Things were straightened 
out that night and we went to sleep very weary but well satis- 
fied with the start. 



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In the meantime Gen. Wheaton liad taken Malal)on and 
Polo, and pushed one regiment, the 22nd, within striking dis- 
tance of Macawan. 

The next day we moved into ])osition with our left rest- 
ing on the 22nd, and our right on the mountains, which shut 
in the valley in which MaloLos is situated. This completed 
our pivotal movement and was accomplished at about 4 p. m. 
with very little resistance. Here in front of Macawan the bat- 
tle of the day was fought. Nebraska had the right of the line, 
South Dakota was next, then the 10th Pennsylvania, Kansas 
with Montana on left, the 8rd Artillery was the support with 
Minnesota, Oregon, 22nd and ord in reserve. The enemy had 
a very strong trench right in front of the position occupied by 
our regiment, and they peppered it into us very lively while 
the Battery played upon their trenches in a vain attempt to 
dislodge them. I think the 20 minutes occupied in this per- 
formance was as miserable a time as I ever spent in my life. 

Finally Gen. Hale, seeing he was accomplishing nothing 
with his artillery play, ordered us to charge and carry the 
trenches. Away we went, the enemy, about the same time, 
decided that they better report to Aguinaldo in person, and 
the rest of our work was very easy, Macawan was captured. 
We camped a little to the left of it that night, while South 
Dakota was pushed out about a mile in front of it, the rest of 
the army slept in the town, and so the morning of the 27th 
found us. 

The advance was now made with South Dakota and 
Kansas on the firing line, Montana, 3rd Artillery, Nebraska 
and Pennsylvania with the 3rd Brigade in reserve. South Da- 
kota got along all right till it struck the river near Marilao. 
Here the enemy had destroyed all the bridges and were in 
force on the opposite bank. The fighting lasted about two 
hours, when a Battalion of South Dakota swam the river, 
charged up the bank in the face of a terrific fire, and drove 
the enemy from their entrenchments. Meanwhile Obanganda 



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had been taken by Kansas, but their line was so far behind 
that of South Dakota that we in reserve were catching a bad 
cross fire from the enemy, so in co-operation with Kansas^ 
our company was ordered to make a charge on a small town 
directly on our flank. When we got over to the place we 
found that the river makes a double bend and that Kansas 
was on the Manila side with the enemy on the other bank at 
about 25 yards range. AV"e drew and held the enemy's fire 
till Kansas could get across the river in some boats which 
they had found, and then coming u\) in the enemy^s rear 
they forced them to surrender 50 guns, 25 prisoners, 16 killed 
and 8 wounded; we then rejoined our regiment. 

Meanwhile Marilao was captured, and at 4 p. m. the 
troops had been arranged for the night, with 3rd artillery on 
the left, then Montana, then Kansas, then South Dakota, then 
Nebraska. Pennsylvania was still held in reserve. When 
suddenly the insurgents made a charge with about 3000 men 
against the position hehl by Nebraska, who waited till they 
were within about 600 yards of them, and then started out 
after the gents and drove them about two miles. The slaugh- 
ter was terrific. This advance of Nebraska made a gap in the 
line, and our regiment was brought U]) from the reserve and 
thrown in it. We never left the firing line from this time un- 
til Malolos was captured. South Dakota lost very heavily ; 
they had four lieutenants killed, in addition to ten or twelve 
privates, with forty or fifty wounded. 

Nothing was done on the 28th, and everybody was given 
a rest in order that we might be able to stand the hard work 
tbat was ahead of us. 

Little did we know then how unlucky our Company was 
to be from this out, and that we had Bert Armhurst and Dan 
Stepbens with us for the last day upon earth. Early on the 
morning of tlie 29th we again began an advance with all of 
the Ist and 2nd Brigades on the line except the 3rd Artillery, 
which was in reserve. Bigaa was cai)tured after a good half 



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hour's fight, we then advanced very easily for aliout two 
miles, and as Gen. McArthur was very anxious to get within 
striking distance of Malolos that night, so that the campaign 
might end on the 30th, he changed the order of advance, })ut- 
ting Nebraska, Montana, ord Artillery and South Dakota in 
reserve and Kansas and Pennsylvania on the firing line. We 
advanced another two miles very rapidly and captured Gui- 
guinto without firing a shot, then we made another two miles 
advance, and tired out I'rom the hard day's work we arrived 
at a stream, we had crossed this (only about two miles from 
Malolos) and were expecting that a halt would be called and 
that we would go into camp for the night, when the ball 
opened up. 

I never in all this war encountered such a terrific fire. 
From the front and from the right and left they poured a 
heavy fire into our lines. For at least an hour and a half the 
fight went on before we were reinforced. Then we charged 
the woods to our right and got rid of that cross-fire. It was 
at the time we rose to make this charge (Companies E and I 
being thrown on the flank for the purpose) we were exposed 
to the fire from the front on our flank. The rest of the regi- 
ment was lying down shooting, and when we stood up we 
were a very good mark and the fire was concentrated upon 
us. Here in about two minutes Stephens and Armhurst were 
killed and three others of the company wounded. This move 
gave South Dakota room to deploy on our right and Kansas 
now charged the woods to their left and front, and the battle 
was over. 

Tired out we went to sleep, the line being fixed for the 
next advance, with Nebraska on the right, then South Dako- 
ta, then Pennsylvania, Kansas, Montana, and 3rd Artillery. 

In the morning of the 3 1st Major Bell took a scouting 
party to within a mile of Malolos without encountering any 
of the enemy. He made his report to Gen. McArthur, and a 
general advance was ordered at 2 p. m. We penetrated to 



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within a mile of Malolos and passed two sets of trenches 
which the enemy had abandoned. At the second of these 
trenches we halted for the night. Nebraska was the only regi- 
ment to encounter any resistance and it was very slight. At 
5 a. m. the 31st Utah and 6th Artillery opened with their big 
guns on the enemy's trenches. After 15 minutes bombard- 
ment Nebraska advanced, after 20 minutes, South Dakota, 
and at 25 minutes after Pennsylvania started ; then at 5 
minute intervals regiments started out in the order men- 
tioned : Kansas, Montana, 3rd Artillery, 22nd, 3rd, 13th 
Minnesota, 4th, 2nd Oregon. Very little resistance was en- 
countered, and at 2 o'clock everything was quiet as the grave 
and our lines had been advanced a mile beyond Malolos, 
where we are at i^resent. The 1st and 2nd Brigades are the 
only ones that have been left here, the 3rd Brigade is garri- 
soning the towns between Malolos and Manila. All these 
towns are very similar ; Macawan, from all I saw of it, is the 
most pretentious. 

Malolos is a good deal of a disappointment to me, for I 
thought that Aguinaldo's capital would be worth seeing, 
which it is not. The town is possibly large enough to have 
furnished homes for 20,000 ])eople, it is scarcely possible any 
more could be crowded into it. Streets here (like everywhere 
else in the island) run to suit themselves, turning in and out, 
intersecting each other in the most inexplicable manner. The 
houses are nearly all nij^a huts, though there are two or three 
blocks that remind one of Manila. These houses nearly in 
every instance belong to the clergy ; there are several rather 
nice churches and a stone convent. The houses (not the nipa 
huts) are built with stone foundations and above this some 
kind of wood looking much like our frame houses. Aguinal- 
do's house was burned before we entered the town, so I do 
not know what it was like. 

The war is on again, we were attacked on the night of 
April 9th ; it lasted about an hour, but did not amount to 



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much. On the 10th, Minnesota was attacked behind our lines 
at Guiguinto, and quite a number of insurgents are cornered 
there and a surrender is expected soon. Gen. Lawton has 
captured Santa Cruz, the second largest town on the island. 
We are gradually conquering Luzon. 

William B. Schwartz, Ex '99, 

Corp. Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

I was mustered into the United States service as a pri- 
vate of Light Battery A, Pennsylvania Volunteers, about May 
6th, 1898, at Mt. Gretna, Pa. We remained there about a 
week, and were then ordered to Newport News, Va., remain- 
ing there throughout the months of June and July. During 
our stay at Newport News I was appointed Corporal. From 
Newport News we were ordered to Puerto Rico, and were 
landed at Ponce ; we camped outside this city until Septem- 
ber 1st, '98, when we were ordered back to the United States. 
After reaching this country we were put on a sixty days 
leave of absence, and at the expiration of this time mustered 
out of the armv. 



Halph W. Simonds, Ex '99, 
U. S. Vol Inf. 
Was in Gen. King's brigade at Manila, and was killed 
during the insurgent attack upon the city. 



J. Baird, Ex '99, 

Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

W. B. Cadwalader, Ex '99, 

First Troop Phila. City Cav. 

J. H. COLFELT, Ex '99, 

Sergt. Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 



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F. M. Rhodes, Ex '99, 

Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. , 

^\■. B. Angle, '00, 

i^nd Nav. Bat. N. Y. 

In reply to your letter of the 3rd, concerning my enlist- 
ment, I will state the facts as nearly correct as I possibly can. 

Mustered into the 2nd Navy Battalion, 4th Division of 
New York Naval Militia about May 23rd, 1898. Mustered 
into United States service June lltli, 1898, in United States 
training ship New Hampshire. Was detailed to U. S. S. 
Enquirer to go to Havana, 1 nit which went out of commission 
before we left New York harbor. Was then detailed to U. S. 
S. Elfrida, upon which I served as a landsman in the eastern 
coast ])atrol, from Key West to Boston, until mustered out 
August 15th, 1898. 

W. Brokaw Bamford, '00, 

Sergt. 1st U. S. Vol. Emj. 

On July 11th I enlisted in Philadelphia in the First U. S. 
V. Engineers, reaching Peekskill, the })oint of mobilization of 
the regiment, the same day, and was assigned to Company M 
temporarily. On July 26th I was mustered in as a second- 
class private in Comi)any L. On July 29th I was appointed 
a Corporal, to date from the 25th. August 5th we received 
the long looked for orders to break camp and immediately 
board the transport " Chester " for Porto Rico, which we did 
the following day. Owing to defective machinery we did not 
get out of NcAV York harbor until 1:30 a. m. August 10th, 
and reached Ponce, Porto Rico, August 15th. 

I may say that the transport service of the United States 
and the Miles l)eef served to the soldiers have become too well 
known lor me to make any mention of them further than to 
say that we received our share of them. One of our " well 
informed upon every subject men " stated that the reasorfc 



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that the 600 mules on board were put as second-class pas- 
sengers and the 1,500 men as steerage, was because the Gov- 
ernment paid $25 each for the mules, while they got the men 
for the asking. It is presumed that this information was not 
obtained from the War Department. 

We landed the next day alter our arrival at Ponce, and 
pitched our camp near the Playa, but soon changed for a 
higher and better one near the city. While here we did 
various work, such as surveying for sewers, water works, 
fixing ice plant, &c. On August 23rd I was appointed Com- 
pany Clerk, which position I held, in addition to my other 
duties, until discharged. 

The Third Battalion received orders on August 31st to 
move to Guanica to build a fort and road to it. When the 
battalion left for the States on November 11th, the fort had 
been finished, and a road up the hill 455 feet high had ])een 
built to it, as well as many minor things accomplished. 
In September I was appointed acting Sergeant, and on 
October 10th I received my discharge from the Secretary of 
War in order that I might re-enter the University, which I 
did the day after I landed, October 16th. 

While in Porto Rico I had a very fair opportunity to see 
a little of the country, and also of the people, and I was very 
favorably impressed with what I saw. We must not forget 
that for 400 years the island has been under Spanish rule, 
and that the chance for internal improvement has been very 
small. The jDCople are very intelligent, and seem very ready 
and willing to learn. W^e had working under us some 150 
natives, and I was surprised at the amount of work one 
would do and at the spirit with which he would do it. An- 
other thing which surprised me very much was the cleanli- 
ness of the people. I had been lead to believe that the 
reverse was true. It was the rule and not the exception for 
our natives to come to work every morning in clean white 
shirts and clean blue overalls. I may say that I never had 



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such washing done as I had down there. Chemicals are un- 
known, and the dirt is removed in the primitive way — beating 
with a paddle. 

The natives I have been talking of are those of the rural 
districts and small towns, with the nearest town of any size, 
Ponce, twenty miles away. I am not prepared to make such 
broad assertions for the townspeople. 

I feel that we will have in Porto Rico a worthy colony, 
and am highly satisfied with my impressions of the country. 

Ralph Polk Buell, '00, 

Corp. 1st Disf. Col. Vol. Inf. 

Enlisted May 10th as private in the 1st District of Colum- 
bia Volunteer Intantry. Went to Camp Thomas on May 
24th, and then to Tampa on June 4th. Here they remained 
about a month, the most exciting event of this period being 
the stampede of several hundreds of wild government mules, 
which caused the regiment to take to the trees for safety. 

They eml)arked for Cuba on July 2d, on the Catania, and 
landed at Sil)oney on July 9th. The regiment reached the 
trenches in front of Santiago on July 11th. A permanent 
camp was established on San Juan heights on July 15th, 
where they remained until they sailed for this country, on 
August 19th. Montauk Point was reached on August 27th. 

The regiment was mustered out of service on September 
8th, and reached home the next day, where they were royally 
welcomed. 

Harry R. Lath rope, '00, 

Sgt.-Maj. 13th Pa. Vol. Inf. 

He was mustered in as Sergeant-Major of the regiment 
May 13th, 1898. Ordered to and reached Camp Alger, Va., 
May 20th, 1898. Ordered to and reached Camp Meade, Pa., 
September 1st, 1898. Mustered out of service September 
20th, 1898. 



Ill 

C. B. FiNLEY, '00, 

Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

AV. C. McKee, '00, 

2nd Lt. 3rd Pa. Vol. Inf. and Brigade Quartermaster. 

April 27th. Responded to call of Governor Hastings for 
mobilization of N. G. P., at Mt. Gretna, Pa. 

May 11th. Mustered into the service of the T'nited States 
as a Sergeant of Company D, Fifth Reg. Pa. Vol. Inf. 

May 17th. Removed to Camp George H. Thomas, 
Chickamauga, Georgia. 

July 31st. Promoted to be Second Lieutenant. 

August 22nd. Detailed as Acting Brigade Quartermaster 
on the staff of Brigadier-General Wiley, 1st Brig. 3rd Div. 1st 
Army Corps. 

August 23rd. Removed to Camp Hamilton, Lexing- 
ton, Ky. 

November 7th. Mustered out of United States service. 

Stephen F. Voorhees, '00, 
First U. S. Vol. Eng. 

I enlisted in the First Vohmteer Engineers, June 22nd, 
at Philadelphia. On the 27th I was mustered in with 
Company B, at Camp Townsend, Peekskill, N. Y., where the 
whole regiment was organized and drilled until the 1st of 
August. 

We left New York Harbor on the 7th of August and went 
direct to Ponce, Porto Rico, arriving two days after the Protocol 
was signed. 

The regiment was engaged in engineering and infantry 
duty on the island for three months. Company B, to which 
I belonged, was detailed on the military road between Coamo 
and Aibonito repairing a brick arch culvert. 

The regiment returned to New York on the transport 
Minnewaska, November 25th. We were taken to the Eighth 



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Regiment Armory, and given a two months' furlough, and at 
the end of which we were mustered out. 

Most of the time in Porto Rico I served as company cook, 
and about the 1st of November was appointed Corporal and 
company cook. 

P. WiTHEKSPOON, '00, 

Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

John Lesesne DeWitt, Ex '00, 

Second Lieut. 20th U. S. Inf. 

Was appointed Second Lieutenant, U. S. A., on October 
10th, 1898, and assigned to Company A, 20th Infantry, 
stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he remained 
until January 15th, 1899, when he started with his regiment 
for the Philippine Islands. They arrived February 25th, 
went immediately to the front, and have been participants in 
most of the battles with the insurgents. 

John P. Jackson, Ex '00, 
U. S. S. Columbia. 

When the Naval Academy broke up May 28th last, I 
went to Washington and applied for sea duty. I was ordered 
to the U. S. S. Columbia, and reported on board at the Brook- 
lyn Navy Yard June 4th. We went to sea on June 19th, 
and were on patrol duty between Block Island and the 
Delaware Breakwater for about a week. 

We were then ordered to proceed to Key West, and 
after coaling there, were sent to join the fleet off Santiago. 
We arrived a few days after the destruction of the Spanish 
fleet, but were present at the surrender of the city. After 
that event we were sent on the expedition to Porto Rico, and 
were engaged there during the rest of the war. When the war 
was over we came north, arriving at the League Island Navy 
Yard, August 28th. 



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William H. Thompson, '00, 

Eighteenth Pa. Vol. Inf. 

I enlisted in the Eighteenth United States Volunteers 
of Pennsylvania Infantry on April 27th, 1898, and was mus- 
tered out of the United States service October 22d, 1898. 

AVe were at Mt. Gretna, Pa., until June 17th, when we 
were moved to Battery Point, at the mouth of the Delaware 
river. 

R. Rand, Ex '00, 

Battery A, Pa. Vol. Art. 

James B. Sansom, Ex '00, 
Fifth Pa. Vol. Lift 

I enlisted or was mustered in at Mt. Gretna on May 11th, 
and moved to Chickamauga Park on May 21st, remaining 
there until about August 30th, thence we went to Lexington 
and were sent home on September 18th, and were mustered 
outat home on November 9th. 

I was in Co. F, Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. 

Ora F. Gardner, '01, 

Corp. 52d la. Vol. Inf. 

I left Princeton about the first of May, 1898, in response 
to a telegram from my old Captain in the Iowa National 
Guard. He was then with the 52d Iowa Volunteer Infantry 
at Des Moines, la., where I joined him. 

We expected to start at once for Manila, as it was 
originally the intention to send the 52d to that place. Later 
on the 50th were ordered out there, and in the latter part of 
May we were sent south, and went into camp at Chickamauga. 

There were 60,000 men at Camp Thomas, and for three 
long and dreary months we drilled and hoped every day to 
receive orders to go to the front, either in Cuba or Porto Rico, 
we cared not which. The coveted orders came at last ; we 



114 

raised a general jubilee, and were just about to go aboard the 
train, when news came that peace negotiations had been 
entered upon, and that we should await further orders. Our 
next orders were to go home, and on the oOth day of October 
we were mustered out of service. 

We had not seen a battlefield, nor smelt of powder, but. 
many a man did not answer to his name at our last roll call, 
for fever had done its work. Fine, manly fellows who had 
gone out to fight, were called to lay down their lives, with 
none of the glory of liattle or of foreign fields about them. 

1 enlisted as a private. On July 1st I was appointed 
Corporal by Colonel Humphrey. I was sick at Camp Thomaa 
for two months with typhoid fever. Was mustered out with 
the regiment, and returned to Princeton immediately after- 
wards. 

I have no cause for regret for the summer's experience. 

F. Fraser Reichner, Ex '01, 
Battery A, Pa. To/. Art. 

I enlisted in Battery A, National Guard of Pennsylvania, 
April 23d, at Mt. Gretna, Pa. 

We were mustered into the United States service on May 
6th, '98, then becoming Light Battery A, United States Volun- 
teers. After a further stay of six days at Mt. Gretna, we left 
for Newport News, Va. 

We were ordered to do guard duty in the shipyards there. 
We left for Puerto Rico August Gth, '98, on transi)ort INIani- 
toba. We were encamped first in the Port of Ponce ; later in 
the country just outside the town of Ponce. We were ordered 
home on September 10th, '98, on transport Mississippi. Re- 
ceived a furlough in Philadelphia for sixty days and received 
an honorable discharge on November 19th, 1898. 

I enlisted as a private at Mt. Gretna. 



Hi 

Dean Tilford, Ex '01, 

Second Lieut. U. S. A. 

I enlisted July 23d at Camp Alger, Va., in Troop C, New 
York Volunteer Cavalry, Capt. Bertram Clayton conuuanding. 
Troop C was known as the "Brooklyn" troop, it having heen 
re\'iewed in that city. 

The day I enlisted we received orders to go to Porto Rico, 
and five days later we sailed on the transport ^lassachusetts, 
and on August 4th, disembarked at Playa de Ponce. 

We were at once ordered to the front and were brigaded 
with the Sixteenth Pennsylvania and Third Wisconsin Infan- 
try, under the command of General Ernst, and in General 
Wilson's division. Troojj C, in conjunction with the Six- 
teenth Pennsylvania and Third Wisconsin took the town of 
Coamo. After the Spaniards were driven out of Coamo they 
retreated towards San Juan. Troop C was ordered in advance 
of the main American column to fall upon the rear of the 
Spanish army. After following them for some miles our ad- 
vance was checked by the artillery fire of the enemy. 

Next day we were pushed forward as skirmishers (dis- 
mounted) and in that capacity participated in the skirmish 
at Aibonito Pass. 

Truce being declared we were split up into small parties 
and patrolled the country around the towns of (Joamo, San 
Isabel and Juan Diaz; our presence being required by the mal- 
treatment of Spanish planters by the native Porto Rica' 

Troop C was ordered home August 28th, sailing on 
Transport Mississippi, and landing in the United States Sep- 
tember 8th. 

We were mustered out of the United States service on 
September 25th, '98. 



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*RuFus C. Elder, 74, 

Lieut.- Col. oth Pa. Vol. Inf. 

In service at Chickamauga during the year. 

* Wallace Neff, M. D., 74, 

Maj. and Brig. Surg. U. S. V. 

The President appointed me a Major and Brigade Sur- 
geon of U. S. Volunteers. When I received my commission 
I hurriedly made my preparations for departure, expecting 
daily to receive orders to go to Cul)a, or at any rate to be en- 
listed for the consolation i^rize at Porto Rico. 

Like thousands and thousands of others, I was doomed 
to disappointment, and you can imagine my chagrin when 
my orders came to go to Fort McPherson, Georgia. As it 
turned out later, however, this was a most fortunate thing for 
me. 

Fort McPherson is four miles from Atlanta, and is one 
of the largest military posts in the country. 

It was necessary suddenly to convert a post hospital of 
twenty beds, with an average of four or five patients, into a 
general hospital of one thousand beds, and an average of 
seven to eight hundred patients. The same condition of " un- 
preparedness " existed here as elsewhere. So you can imag- 
ine the magnitude of the task. In a short time, however, we 
had a well-equipped hospital, using one hundred and ten 
tents, in addition to the large and substantial barracks. 

Our corps averaged fifteen surgeons, one hundred and 
fifty hospital corps men, and eighty female trained nurses. 
Up to the 31st of last December we treated 32()2 sick and 
wounded and had 95 deaths, a mortality a fraction less than 
3 per cent. Some of these men were dead when they were 
taken off" the trains; others died within thirty-six hours. 
They are charged to our mortality record, although we did 
not have a chance to do much for them. 



* Kfcelved too late for insertion In proper order. 



117 

We had 284 gunshot woun ds and only one death This 
case was a man whose arm had been amputated in Cuba, 
who had an infected stump, and who died of septicaemia a 
few days after his arrival. There were 1211 cases of typhoid 
fever and 84 deaths, a mortality a fraction less than 7 per 
cent. A wonderfully low rate considering the condition the 
men were in and the many complications. 

There were 917 cases of malaria and 3 deaths. We had 
a variety of other diseases, but I will not bore you with fur- 
ther statistics. Our mortality record includes one surgeon 
and several hospital corps men. Many others, and a number 
of the trained nurses were seriously ill, but all recovered. The 
excellent results obtained at Fort McPherson were due to the 
indefatigable efforts of the surgeons, the faithful work of the 
hospital corps and to the zeal, devotion and untiring energy 
of the female trained nurses. 

We had the best of supplies, milk, etc.; a diet kitchen 
in each hospital presided over by a trained nurse. Every 
variety of liquid, semi-liquid, solid and semi-solid food was 
prepared that could be found in any well-conducted civil 
hospital. 

There has been so much adverse ancj unjust criticism of 
the Army — the Medical Department coming in for its full 
share — that I am always glad of an opportunity to say some- 
thing concerning our military hospital, of which I can speak 
with some knowledge and authority. I have therefore bur- 
dened you with more details than I had intended. 

I have been often asked if there were many complaints 
on the part of the soldiers. The only complaints I heard 
were from convalescent typhoid patients, whose diet was be- 
ing purposely regulated and restricted. When it was ex- 
plained to them that this was done to prevent relapse, per- 
foration and death they had nothing more to say. We hear 
a great deal of heroic deeds on the battlefield, and justly ad- 
mire, praise and rejoice in the reward of those who have per- 



118 

formed gallant services under fire, but the hardest battles 
were fought and the greatest victories won in the hospitals ; 
moral as well as physical courage being shown in its perfec- 
tion. They faced death as bravely in their weakened condi- 
tion as many of them had in the full vigor of health, when 
storming the Spanish intrenchments at El Caney and San 
Juan, and yet without the stimulus and excitement of battle. 
There was never a whimper nor a murmur; but to a close 
observer it was plain to see that the word that was upper- 
most in every mind, that quickened the impulse of every 
feeble heart, that was struggling for utterance upon every 
quivering lip, l)ut which was nevertheless suppressed, was 
that sweetest, dearest word in all our language : Home. I 
can assure you that no surgeon could have had such patients 
under his care without having a higher respect than ever be- 
fore for American courage and American manhood. 

Later in the fall, when few new cases came to us and 
most of our patients were convalescent, I began to think that 
it was time for me to apply for the Philippines, or, as the 
war was over, to retire to private life. The dull monotony 
was suddenly relieved, however, by the development of a 
surgical case which required sjjecial attention on my part. It 
was a case of appendicitis, one of those fulminating cases 
which go like wildfire from bad to worse, and where the 
promptest and best surgical skill is often of little avail. I 
was especially interested in this case, as it hap})ened to be 
my appendix. Thanks to a most skillful operation, and to 
the devoted attention of the surgeons and trained nurses, I 
recovered, although I had as close a call as one could have 
to get well. 

When convalescent I was given a sick leave, at the ex- 
piration of which I resigned in January last, as I was not in 
a condition to be of much service. This ended my career in 
the army, and I had the unique experience for a surgeon of 
having been at both ends of the knife, and of illustrating in 



119 

my own person what modern, aseptic, up-to-date surgery can 
accomplish. I brought back with me a scar, which, unfor- 
tunately, I did not receive on the firing-line, but which will 
nevertheless be a Ufe-long reminder of the very humble part 
that I took in the Spanish- American War. 

* Andrew Banks, '89, 

Corp. loth Pa. Vol. Inf. 

* Charles M. Jamison, '91, 

10th Pa. Vol. Inf. 

* Thomas Barclay, '92, 

10th Pa. Vol. Inf. 

* Richard Coulter, Jr., '92, 

Lieut. 10th Pa. Vol. Inf. 

* Morrison Barclay, Ex '92, 

10th Pa. Vol. Inf 

* Thomas S. Crago, '93, 

Gapt. loth Pa. Vol. Inf 



* Note— Received too late for insertion in proper order. 



APPENDIX. 



NATIONAL RELIEF COMMISSION. 

Alexander Van Rensselaer, '71, and L. C. Vanuxem, 79, 
were two of the four special commissioners representing the 
National Relief Commission to visit Porto Rico in August, 1898. 
The object of this mission was to distribute seventy (70) tons 
of food and medical supplies among our army and navy 
stationed there ; to inquire into the needs of the soldiers and 
sailors; and to arrange for the establishment of a depot for sup- 
plies to be shipped by the National Iielief Commission to 
Porto Rico. 

The sea voyage was made in the yacht "May," owned 
and equipped by Mr. and Mrs. Van Rensselaer, who gener- 
ously placed their yacht at the disposal of said commission 
for this relief work. Acting under the advice of Surgeon 
General Sternberg, who stated it would be most acceptable, 
three of the commissioners, Messrs. Potter, Van Rensselaer 
and Vanuxem purchased an ice making machine and pre- 
sented it to the United States Government for the use of the 
army in Porto Rico. Colonel Greenleaf, chief surgeon of our 
army in Porto Rico, wrote in relation to this gift as follows : 
"I cannot adequately express the satisfaction with which the 
results of this donation will be received by the sick. Ice in 
this country is an expensive luxury, costing $30 a ton, Porto 
Rican money, which necessitates the exercise of rigid economy 
on the part of the medical officers in its use. To have the 
output of such a machine at our disposal and be enabled to 
use it liberally, is a blessing the benefits of which can be ap- 
preciated only by those who have served in the hospitals." 
The commissioners' arrival at Ponce was opportune, as 



121 

the lack of tug boats and lighters at this port had rendered it 
impossible to speedily unload the supply ladened govern- 
ment transports which filled the harbor, while the "May's" 
launch and boats quickly handled its cargo of seventy tons 
and within forty-eight hours her relief supplies were to be 
seen in the hospitals. 

General Miles and staff accorded the commissioners a 
hearty welcome at Port Ponce and cabled the Secretary of 
War as follows: "Messrs. Potter, Van Rensselaer, Vanuxem- 
and Grotf arrived on private yacht "^lay" witli load of sup- 
plies, which will greatly contriljute to the comfort of the 
troops, especially the sick and wounded. They also brought 
a large number of American flags, which have been sent to 
the different towns and cities, and soon will be waving over 
the best part of Porto Rico. The action of these patriotic and 
philanthropic gentlemen and the National Relief Commission, 
which they represent, is highly appreciated by a grateful 
army, while the display of our national colors will give great 
joy to the people." 

Under an escort provided by the Commanding General 
the commissioners travelled over a hundred miles on the 
island distributing their supplies. They visited the head- 
quarters of Major Generals Wilson and Brooke at Coamo and 
Guayama respectively and rode with General Wilson behind 
the American picket lines to within easy view of the Spanish 
fortifications. 

On General Wilson's staff were Major J. McG. Woodbury, 
Princeton '79, Chief Surgeon and Capt. Hewitt, Princeton '91. 
Both these officers were complimented by General Wilson for 
their efficiency and Major Woodbury was recommended by 
the Commanding General for promotion for his valuable ser- 
vices as Sanitary Inspector of the island. 

The Princeton heroes who served as privates in Pennsyl- 
vania Battery "A" and the Philadelphia City Troop were 
given extra grasps of the hand by the two Princeton Commis- 



122 

sioners, and A. W. Kelly, '98, was a passenger on the yacht 
"May's" home voyage along with some fifteen other officers 
and soldiers on sick leave or detailed to the States on some 
special duty. 

Captain A\'arburton commanding Battery A, Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, in which company served some twenty 
Princetonians, wrote regarding the relief supplies given his 
command : "The supplies and relief, both commissary and 
medical, have been dealt out with a liberal hand to Batteries 
"A" and "C" under my command, and the »Sheridan Troop 
of our State, at a time when a quinine pill looked as large as 
a "white alley" and food was as scarce as smokeless powder. 
Your clothing and supplies reached the Pennsylvania troops 
just at the right time and was more than doubly appreciated 
in consequence." 

The Major and Surgeon of the Sixteenth Regiment Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers wrote : " Your arrival has been the first 
God-send to our department. You have not only brought 
luxuries that we would not otherwise have had, but your 
supplies of necessities have saved many valual)le lives. I 
know that lives have been saved, as well as suffering dimin- 
ished, by your generous donations." 

Naval Surgeon Herndon, on the United States Ship 
" Columbia," acknowledged the relief supplies furnished by 
the commission on his requisition in the following letter : 
" I beg to tender to you the thanks of Captain Sands and my 
own, for the medical supplies you sent us at Ponce, P. R. 
On our voyage north we had an unexpected outbreak of 
typhoid fever among our men. Your presents were freely 
used by our sick, and contributed greatly, to their enjoyment 
and comfort, and possibly also to the fact that we had no 
fatal cases." 



123 



BATTERY A, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 

Previous to the opening of hostilities, when the battery 
was part of the National Guard, it underwent a comi^lete re- 
organization. Many of its members were discharged and 
their places filled by new men, nearly all of whom were 
college graduates. Barclay H. Warburton was chosen Cap- 
tain, and many of the other officers were shifted from one 
position to another. Of the seventy odd men who comprised 
the new battery, six were Princeton men : Alexander Bodine, 
Ex '90 ; W. Woodburn Potter, '96 ; Albert Rosengarten, '97 ; 
John Baird, Ex-'99 ; James H. Colfelt, Ex-'99, and F. M. 
Rhodes, Ex-'99., 

Upon the declaration of war. Battery A was the first 
Pennsylvania organization to be called upon, and was the 
first to arrive at the State encampment at Mt. Gretna. Here- 
orders were received to recruit to the number of 106 men, and 
through the influence of John Baird, who had been made a 
recruiting Corporal, twenty men from Princeton started for 
the battery, when word came that only 82 would constitute 
its complement. Several men thus had to be rejected, but 
the following were retained and mustered into the volunteer 
service : From '98, A. M. Stewart, James H. Caldwell, Harold 
P. Smith ; from '99, W. B. Schwartz ; from '00, R. Rand, 
Owsley Brown and C. B. Finley. 

On May 10th camp was broken and the men were ordered 
to Newport News, where they were assigned to the duty of 
guarding the shipyard and battle-ships under construction. 
In June the battery was put on a war footing, with 173 men. 
H. P. Smith and W. B. Schwartz were made Corporals, and 
John Baird a Sergeant. Among the new recruits were the 
following from Princeton : G. G. Blackmore, '96 ; Richard 
E. Dwight, '97 ; F. B. McNish, '97 ; A. W. Kelly, '98 ; 
Preston Witherspoon, '00; F. F. Reichner, '01. 



124 

About July 15th Colfelt was commissioned a Second 
Lieutenant, and subsequently went to Porto Rico in charge of 
some dynamite guns. During the first week in August 
orders came to prepare for embarkation and shortly after 
the battery was transported to the Port of Ponce, where 
the ship ran aground, and the troops had to be taken off by 
smaller craft. After encamping several days near the coast, 
the men moved inland among the foothills, and Captain 
Warburton, with a detail of several men, among whom were 
two or three alumni of Princeton, took a reconnoitering trip 
through the country, even in sight of the Spanish lines. On 
August 23d, Kelly returned to this country on Alex. Van 
Rensselaer's yacht, " May." About this time Richard Dwight 
was made a Corporal. Battery A was one of the organizations 
that were drawn up for battle when the news of the protocol 
was so dramatically announced to General Brooke. 

On September 2nd orders came to return to the States, 
and the transport " Mississippi " brought the battery to New 
York on September 10th, whence it was sent to Philadelphia 
on furlough. H. P. Smith died soon after the arrival of the 
vessel, making the first death among the Princeton men. 

In the Peace Jubilee held in Philadelphia on October 
27th, Battery A had the post of honor at the head of the 
parade, acting as General Miles' l)ody-guard. They are now 
mustered out of service. 



INDEX. 



Andersson, A. O., ex-'97, 



A. 

PAGE. 

. 88 
B. 



Angle, W. B., '97, 



28 
107 

26 
108 



Babcock, C. E., ex-'91, . . 

Baird, J.. ex-'99, 

Baldwin, S. H., '91, .... 
,Bamford, W. B., '00, . . . 
Banks, A., '89, .... 
Barclay, J., '92, .... ... 119 

Barclay, M., ex-'92, 119 

Bell, W. D., '85, 19 

Bickham, A. S., '82, 16 

Bickham, C. G., '90, 24 



PAGE. 

. 108 



Blackmore, G. G., '96, .... 46 
Bodine, A. N., ex-'90, .... 25 

Bowie, R. B., '86, 20 

Breckenridge, E. L. D., ex-'98, 99 
119 Brewer, J. R., ex-'99, .... 100 

Brien, B., ex-'96, 47 

Brooks, R. S., '98, 91 

Brown, S., '81, 14 

Browne, C, '96, 47 

Buell, R. P., '00, 110 



Cadwalader, T., '95, 44 

Cadwalader, W. B., ex-'99, 
Caldwell, J. H., Jr., '98, . . 
Cash, W.S., ex-'91, .... 
Oassels, A. F., ex-'97, . . . 
Church, J. R., '88, .... 



Coates, B., '98, 



107 
92 

28 
89 
22 



Colfelt, J. H., ex-'99, . 
Comstock, A. E., ex-'98 
Coulter, R. Jr., '92 . 
Coulter, H. W., '96, 
Crago, T. S., '93, . 
Crawford, J. H., '96, 



93 Curtis, F. G., '97, 54 



107 
98 

119 
47 

119 
48 



D. 

Dale, J. F., ex-'95, 42 De Witt, W., ex-'98, .... 99 

Devereux, H. K., '80, 14 Drake, W. W., '98, 93 

De Witt, C, '60, 5 Duncan, A. B., '80, 14 

De Witt, E. T., '98, 93 Dwight, R. E., ex-'97, .... 89 

De Witt, J. L., ex-'OO, . . . .112 



126 



Elder, K. C, '74, . . . 
Emmons, F. W., ex-'97. 



E. 

116 Evans, F., ex- 



99 



Farnum, G. L., '94, 33 

Farnum, J. E., '90, 24 

Field, E., '61, 5 

Finley, C. B., '00, Ill 

Finney, J. M. T., '84, 18 



Fraser, P. H., '79, . . . 


. . 9 


Frazer, P., Jr., ex-'96, . 


. . 53 


Fulper, W. H., ex-'96, . 


. . 53 


Fulton, A. C, '97, . . . 


. . 90 



Gardner, O. F., '01, . , 
Godfrey, H. S., ex-'95, 
Gray, M., '96, . . . , 



.113 Greene, R. H., ex-'96, . ... 53 

. 43 Gunster, W. E., '94, 38 

. 48 



H. 

Haines, W. J., '96, 49 

Hall, H., '98, 94 

Harris, H. S., '97, 97 

Harts, W. W., ex-'88, 23 

Hatton, R., ex-'94, 36 

Hays, C. E., '86, 21 



Hewitt, E., '91, . . . 
Hitzrot, J. M., '98, . 
Hoes, R. P., '71, . . 
Howland, R., ex-'98, 
Hughes, J. R., '98, . 
Hunter, C. H., ex-'78, 



Hench, R. W., '98 94 Huston, P. G., '95, 



27 
94 

8 
99 
94 

9 
38 



J. 



Jackson, J. P., ex-'OO, . . 


. . 112 


Jenney, A. D., '94, . . , 


. 33 


Jamison, C. M., '91, . . 


. . 119 


Johnson, R. W., '76, . . 


. 8 


Jamison, R. H., ex-'98, . . 


. . 99 
K. 


Johnson, W. V., ex-'92, . 


. 29 


Kellogg, F. L., ex-'94, . . . 


. . 37 


Kent, E. B., ex- 97, , . . 


. 97 


Kelly, A. W., '98 


. . 95 






Lane, F. A., '97, 


L. 

. . 55 


Lewis, C. B., '95, .... 


. 38 


Lane, W. P., '72, .... 


. . 8 


Lord, F. H., '79, .... 


. 10 


Lathrope, H. R., '00, . . 


. . 110 


Lord, J. W., '95, .... 


. 39 


Leonard, B. H., '98, . . . , 


. . 95 


Loving, P., ex-'96, . . . 


. 53 



127 



McDermott, H., '98, . . 
McKee, W. C, '00, . . 
McNish, F. B., '97, . . 
Mc Williams, C. A., '92, 
Mitchell, W. G., '96, . 



M. 

. 97 Mittendorf, W. E. K., ex.'97, 91 

. Ill Montalvo, E. de, '97, .... 58 

. 58 Morse, F. B. , ex-'95, .... 43 

. 29 Munn, E., '95, 39 

. 49 Murray, J. A., '94, 34 



N. 

Neff,W.,'74, 116 Northrup, J. H., '99, 

Nixon, C, '95, 40 



100 



Page, H. Jr.,' 91 27 Poe, S. J., '84, . . . 

Palmer, J. B., '93, 30 Portser, R. K., '94, . 

Parsons, W. B., '96, 50 Potter, D., '96, . . . 

Pierson, T. H., '95, 41 Potter, W. "W., '96, 

Poe, J. P., Jr.,ex-'95, 44 



IS' 
34 
50 
51 



R. 

Rafferty, O., '82, 17 

Eafferty, W. A., '61 7 

Rand, R., ex- '00, 113 

Reichner, F. F., ex-'Ol, .... 114 

Rhodes, F. M., ex-'99, ..... 108 

Rhodes, J. M., '97, ...... 77 

Richards, C. G., '97, 77 



Ricketts, B. W., ex-' 
Ridgway, T., ex-'94, 
Riggs, C. L., '87, . 
Riggs, F. G., '94, . 
Riggs, H. G., '94, . 
Righter, J. C, Jr., '96, 
Rosengarten, A., '97, . 



24 
3T 

22 

35 
35 
51 

77 



Sansom, J. B., ex- '00, 113 

Schaif, A. E., ex-'96, 54 

Schwartz, W. B., ex-'99, . . . .107 

Scott, W. M., '98, 97 

Seymour, W. A., '97, 78 

Shaw, F. V. v., '97, 80 

Shearer, L. H., '97, 86 

Shields, G. H., '91, 27 

Shober, R. K., '90, 24 

Silvey, W. W., ex-'97, ... 91 
Simonds, R. W., ex-'99, .... 107 



Skillman, T. J., '98, , 
Slidell, T., ex-'95, . . 
Smith, J. 0., ex-'89, 
Smith, I. B.,ex-'90, . 
Smith, C. H., ex-'85, 
Smith, H. P., '98, . . 
Stahl, N.F., '69, . . 
Stewart, A, M., '98, . 
Stites, T. H. A., '96, 
Stockton, R., ex-'95, . 



97 
44 
24 
25 
20 
98 
7 
98 
51 
44 



128 

T. 

Thompson, W. H., '00, .... 113 Thorp, H. H., '85, 20 

Thorp, E. Y., ex-'93, 32 Tilford, D., ex- '01, 115 

V. 

Van Kensselaer, A., '71, .... 120 Voorhees, S. F., '00, Ill 

Yanuxein, L. C, '79, 120 Vredenburgh, P., '92, . ... 29 

Voorhees, J. S., '81, 15 

w. 

Walker, P. G., '95, 41 Witherspoon, P., '00, .... 112 

Warren, G. S., ex-'95, 45 Woodbury, J. M., '79, ... 11 

Wetzell, E. F., ex-'98, 100 Woodhull, A. A., '56, .... 5 

Williams, K.M., ex-'96, . ... 54 

z. 

2;abriskie, F. N., '95, 42 



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